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SC3 Tool Kit
The EPA's web-based tool kit helps schools start chemical management programs that will improve their chemical management practices by:
- Removing inappropriate, outdated, unknown and unnecessary chemicals from schools;
- Preventing future chemical mismanagement issues in schools through training, curriculum and policy change, and long-term management solutions; and
- Raising awareness of chemical issues in schools and promoting sustainable solutions.
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Documents in the SC3 Tool Kit
- Building Successful Programs to Address Chemical Risks in Schools (PDF) (119 pp, 2.1MB) is a workbook that contains templates, tips and techniques to help you create or improve your program for responsible chemical waste management in schools.
- CPSC
and NIOSH School Chemistry Laboratory Safety Guide (PDF) (86 pp, 1.7MB) is a safety guide for high school science and chemistry laboratories.
It provides practical safety information in a checklist format useful
to both groups to reduce chemical injuries in a laboratory environment.
- Pollution
Prevention Measures for Safer School Laboratories (PDF) (10 pp, 120K), developed by EPA Region 8 and Roche Colorado, is an easy to
read tool kit offering tips on maintaining an inventory, chemical purchasing,
storage, and labeling, and pollution prevention.
- SC3 Public Service Announcements promote
school chemical cleanout information to K-12 school and community partners.
- Chemical
Management Resource Guide for School Administrators is a guide to
help your school reduce the use of dangerous chemicals and install safer
chemical management practices.
- Building Successful Programs to Address Chemical Risks in Schools:
Recommendations from and Evaluation of Selected Schools Chemical Management
Programs (PDF) (41 pp, 568K) addresses the problem caused by unneeded, excessive, or dangerously mismanaged chemicals in K-12 schools; recommends ways to address the problem; and provides “lessons learned” from state and local chemical management programs.
- Building Successful Programs to Address Chemical Risks in Schools:
State, Tribal and Local School Chemical Cleanout Programs Matrix and
Summaries (PDF) (35 pp, 540K) summarizes successful programs to address chemical risks in schools.
- Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 565K) describes EPA's program to protect students and staff through responsible chemical management.
- Industry Leaders Are Part of the Solution (PDF) (1 pg, 171K) describes how industry can help reduce chemical risks in schools.
- Protecting Health and the Environment at K-12 Schools, Including Art Programs presents two free manuals—one is a primary environmental compliance guide for K-12 schools, while the other serves the same purpose for art programs at K-12 schools, colleges and art studios. Both manuals also provide best management practices applicable to schools' environmental concerns.
For more information, please visit the Resources page.