Waste handling at CBH – Campus Flemingsberg

PROCEDURE
Decisionmaker: Head of School
Valid from:   7 October 2019
Changed from: 7 Ocotber 2019
Reference number: C-2019-0874
Responsible for review and questions: Infrastructure Manager 

1. Purpose

The purpose of this routine is to describe how to handle waste in accordance with applicable rules and legal requirements (hazardous waste excluded).

This document describes the basic waste disposal routines, detailed information regarding how chemical/ hazardous waste should be handled is found in routine MR-CBH-008.

2. Scope

This routine applies to all employees at CBH working at Campus Flemingsberg.

3. Definitions

Waste: All fractions of waste except hazardous waste.

4. Responsibilities

The Head of the School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Health (CBH), has the overall responsibility for the proper management of waste handling.

All employees are responsible for sorting their waste into the fractions available locally, please contact a janitor if there is any doubt of where/into which fraction waste should be disposed.

If any of the fractions are full, contact a janitor.

If you have large quantities of waste please contact a janitor.

The cleaning staff empties the combustible waste in the pantries/kitchens and in the offices.

5. Procedure

Table 1. Fractions at the different locations at Campus Flemingsberg - X=the fraction exists.

Examples of what can be placed in the different fractions:

Aluminum

Aluminum foil

Batteries

All kind of “household” batteries, including lead and mercury batteries.

Cardboard/carton

Corrugated cardboard
Thick cardboard
Brown kraft paper

Combustible

Envelopes
Books
Rags
Cleaning waste
Dirty packaging
Overhead film
Files

Glass (coloured)

Coloured glass bottles
Coloured glass jars
Coloured wine and liquor bottles
Make sure to remove caps and lids!

Glass (non - coloured)

Clear glass bottles
Clear glass jars
Make sure to remove caps and lids!

Hard Plastics

Plastic bottles
Plastic caps
Dairy packaging of plastic
Plastic drums
Plastic lids
Clean plastid lab ware

Light bulbs

Light bulbs
Fluorescent lights

Metal

Tin cans
Tubes
Caps
Lids
Candle holders
Paint cans, brush dry and completely empty
Metal scrap
Components of heating, ventilation and air conditioning

Paper

Office paper
Magazines
Brochures
Catalogues
Computer printouts
Fax paper
Flyers
Journals

Note that paper with plastic or wax should NOT be sorted into this fraction (for example envelopes, post-it notes, wrapping of copying/printing paper).

Soda cans

Aluminum soda cans

Styrofoam boxes

Styrofoam boxes (clean)

Toner

Empty toner cartridges from printers and copy machines.

Additional fractions can be found at the goods reception. Examples of fractions found there are:

• Electronic waste
• Computer screens
• Furniture

Food waste

Food waste is not taken care of separately, but placed in the “normal” household waste bins (combustible).

6. Attachments

“No Attachments”.

7. Amendments