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Waste Generation
| Objective | Target | Performance Indicator |
| Reduce conventional, chemical & radioactive waste generation. Develop chemical baselines. | Reduce the volume of all waste generation by 5% over the next five years | Quantity of material disposed |
Insure only necessary amounts of chemicals are purchased. Keep the chemical inventory current. |
Minimize amount of chemical waste generated, & eliminate stocks of redundant chemicals. Perform a chemical inventory self-audit at least annually. 100% SHEM approval of all new chemicals planned for purchase. | Chemical inventory data base available to research staff & purchasing approval by SHEM |
| Develop multi-year chemical waste disposal contract with regularly scheduled waste removal | Minimize quantities of chemical waste on site | Chemical waste removal contract |
| Reduce amount of radioactive waste, normalized to research requirements, pursue alternative analytical procedures | Reduce radioactive chemical inventory | Quantity of radioactive material disposed |
| Reduce formaldehyde use in sample preservation | Decrease use of formaldehyde normalized to research requirements | Quantity of formaldehyde purchased |
| Develop to extent possible a “paperless workplace” | Reduce amount of paper usage & amount of paper in waste stream | Development E-forms applications |
| Maximize use of 100% recycled paper | Use 100% recycled paper in all copiers & printers | Invoices for paper procurement |
| Develop & track a system to ensure that metals, fluorescent tubes, batteries & electronics are recycled. | 100% recycling of all metals, fluorescent tubes, batteries & electronics slated for disposal | Data generated by the SHEM (batteries, fluorescent tubes), the facilities manager (metals) & the security manager (electronics) |