Re: [DIYbio] lab waste: disposal costs, etc.

If you can't find a proper disposal company that will do small
amounts, maybe you can hook up with other local companies who also
generate small amounts of waste. You/someone could probably make this
into a business in a big enough metropolitan area, I'm sure there are
plenty of companies paying too much for waste disposal. I pay too much
for residential garbage pickup because I seem to discard about 1/4
what the rest of my neighbors do (I just recently skipped 4 weeks of
taking my can to the road).

I've had non-scientist friends ask me how to dispose of common
solvents and chemicals, recently it was regarding Aquarium fish 'quICK
cure' containing "Zinc Free Malachite Green, Formalin" and the best I
could say was label it properly and drop it off at the local college
chemistry department lab equipment check-out desk after-hours. It's
better than ruining the environment.

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Jeswin <phillyj101@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know if there are biohazard waste disposal for very small
> companies. I'm probably generating less than 5 lbs of waste a month.
> And not all of it is biohazard. There is an autoclave to take care of
> serum contaminated items and other biohazards. They can then go into
> general waste.
>
> I am wondering about disposing EtBr gels? I generate less than a pound
> every few months.
> What about waste chloroform and phenol from extractions?
>
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