The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Office is responsible for properly disposing of chemical waste generated by laboratories and other campus operations. The following information should assist ...

As of July 3, 2023, the process for waste pickup requests transitioned to an online platform: Environmental Health and Safety Assistant (EHSA). EHSA is used to submit waste for chemical, biological, ...

Software has identified more than 300 ways in which widely available chemical waste with no obvious use can be combined and converted into a range of drugs and fertilisers. The researchers behind the ...

Automated pipetting platforms for the preparation and measurement of plasma samples and chemical mixtures in high-throughput bioassays at the UFZ. "In our everyday lives, we are exposed to a wide ...

What is "Waste to Chemicals"? Waste to Chemicals refers to transforming wastes and residues to energy, fuels and other useful, valuable materials. How It Relates to Green Chemistry: Finite fossil ...

Diplomats negotiating guidelines for an international convention on hazardous wastes this month in Switzerland debated a new section on the “chemical recycling” of plastic debris fouling the global ...

Sunlight makes microplastics leak hidden chemicals into water, creating pollution that spreads far beyond plastic pieces.

Hazardous waste chemists are keenly interested in the environment, detail-oriented, and have the aptitude and flexibility to keep up with evolving government regulations. The ability to work well with ...

UB engineering researcher Nirupam Aich set out to study the hazards of electronic waste recycling after learning about illegal shipments of this waste from developed countries, such as the United ...

Five-gallon plastic pails holding a toxic chemical linked to cancer sat for years on the shelves of a fire department in south-central Wisconsin. Finally, in a heralded statewide cleanup, they were ...