Following are a set of P2 options you may wish to implement. No option is perfect for everyone, but sometimes options that have worked at one facility can work at yours. They might also serve as inspiration. |
Reviewed Laboratory - Hospitals OptionsOptions below have reviewed by pollution prevention specialists. They are commonly recommended and implemented for facilities. |
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| Use low-leakage equipment | |
| Reduce waste gases by using low-leakage anesthetic equipment and performing daily leak testing. | |
| Reuse formaldehyde | |
| Investigate reuse of waste formaldehyde in pathology and autopsy laboratories. | |
| Segregate chemotherapy waste | |
| Segregate chemotherapy (antineoplastic) wastes from other wastes. | |
| Radiology Dry Processor | |
| Radiology technology switched to dry digital processor from wet processor. Lowered thousands of gallons of water per day, wet processing chemicals and silver recovery. Digital technology can be sent over computers and can be enhanced without retaking the xray. | |
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| Anasthetic Equipment Monitoring | ||
| question Reduce waste gases by using low-leakage anesthetic equipment and performing daily leak testing. | ||
| Reduce Xylene and Mercury | ||
| Eliminate all mercury containing products. Recycle, by distillation most of the xylene used in Histology | ||
| Substitute for Xylene, Recycle Xylene | ||
| Where possible substitute a non toxic material for xylene and recycle xylene where not possible | ||
| MERCURY REDUCTION | ||
| Replace mercury thermometers with mercury substitute | ||
| Substitution of flammable chemicals | ||
| Replace flammable solvents where possible | ||
| Segregation | ||
| Reduce hazardous waste through stricter waste identification and segregation of hazardous from non-hazardous waste | ||
| MARKET SOLVENTS AS A PRODUCT | ||
| Feasability study planned to investigate possibility of marketing alcohols/xylene as a product. | ||
| Substitute Xylene | ||
| Where possible substitute a non toxic material for xylene | ||
| Flammable solvent substitution | ||
| Replace flammable solvents where technically feasible. | ||
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The Zero Waste Network is a project of the University of Texas at Arlington's Enviornmental Training institute. The tools on this site are presented free of charge to help you find pollution prevention alternatives that work for your facility. They were originally developed throught the support of grant funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and contributions from several state, private and non-governmental entities. If you need assistance implementing these options contact us, or enroll in one of our upcoming classes .
