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- Partners
- Chemical Suppliers and Distributors
- Environmental, Health, and Education Agencies
- Colleges and Universities
- Fire, Police, and Emergency Response
- Waste Handlers
Partner Roles and Activities
Partners | Partner Roles and Responsibilities | Becoming a Partner | Sustaining Your Partnership | Current Partners and Accomplishments
Partners can provide schools the resources and expertise to successfully design, initiate, and maintain a comprehensive and responsible chemical management program. Examples of activities that current SC3 Partners are performing or participating in include:
- Conducting cleanouts of outdated, unknown, or unneeded chemicals;
- Performing chemical inventories;
- Developing a chemical management plan;
- Providing technical expertise for unfamiliar processes (e.g., requests for proposals or writing contracts);
- Establishing a system to track the purchase, storage, and disposal of chemicals;
- Developing performance goals and measures to gauge chemical management success;
- Developing and conducting chemical management training; and
- Recruiting other organizations to become partners and help achieve program goals.
Please refer to the table below for examples of more specific roles your organization can play as a partner in school chemical management.
| Type of Business/Organization | Potential SC3 Involvement* |
|---|---|
| Chemical Suppliers and Distributors | Accept returned supplies of unused
chemicals. Consider providing chemical and resource management services. |
| Chemical Manufacturers | Develop and conduct chemical
management training. Provide technical expertise for inventorying, storage and disposal. |
| Environmental, Health, and Education Agencies | Serve as program advocates by
raising community awareness/involvement. Organize cleanout efforts. |
Colleges and Universities | Assist in chemical management training
by developing supplemental educational material
and and leading chemical training for science
teachers. Provide technical expertise for inventorying, storage and disposal. |
| Fire and Police Departments | Provide onsite safety during
cleanouts by ensuring restricted access to the
cleanout site. Be prepared in case of an emergency. |
| Emergency Services | Participate in planning for chemical
cleanouts. Be onsite during cleanouts in case of emergency. |
| Waste Handlers | In addition to the disposal of wastes, offer waste analysis and chemical life cycle handling solutions. |
| Insurance Companies | Work with school districts to reduce premiums for schools that have a chemical management programs. |
| *These are intended to serve as suggestions of types of activities businesses and community organizations can pursue, not limitations. | |
Please visit the following pages for a description of potential partner roles: