Key Components of an Elite Hazardous Waste Management Program

Key Components of an

Elite Hazardous Waste Management Program

Gain Control and Succeed!

Meet Your Moderator

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James Ciccone

During this Webinar

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Meet Your Presenter

Mike Albert

Onsite Support Services Manager

Triumvirate Environmental, Inc.

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Agenda

Lifecycle of Hazardous Materials

Compliance – Keep the Doors Open!

Safety & Security Procedures

Sustainability and Proactivity

Summary / Q&A

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Lifecycle of Hazardous Material: Arrival & Storage

• Delivered on your site because of research, patient or production needs

• Chemical inventory is very important: Lives in labs, medication room, stock

rooms, storage distribution centers

Know where it is!

Know what is there!

Keep hazardous material safe and segregated

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• Using the material properly Researchers, production line specialists, patient care

professionals, environmental services, facilities, etc.

Keep them safe!

Keep the chemicals secure

• Sampling material for hazards Mixtures used with different chemical components

Know what the hazards are for the safety of your staff and others

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Lifecycle of Hazardous Material: Uses and Mixtures

• Disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste Labeling and segregation

Packaging for transport

Consolidation

Storage for transport

Shipment to end disposal

• Are all hazardous material disposal methods created equal? No – material dependent

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Lifecycle of Hazardous Material: Disposal

Poll QuestionDo you feel confident you have control over what hazardous materials enter your site on a day-to-day basis?

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Agenda





Summary / Q&A

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RegulationsRegulatory Requirements

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Regulations are always changing Some state regulations can be very strict

Need to stay up to date

DPH

Clean Air Act

Clean Water Act

State-Specific Regulations

OSHA

EPA (RCRA)

DOT

IATA

Problem Lack of understanding or skills

Managing Compliance: Inspections/Assessments

• Types of inspections dependent on hazardous materials Main Accumulation Areas Satellite Accumulation Areas (state-specific time

frames) Other Wastes

- Universal- Biological- Radiological

API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) Lab Audits Contingency Plan Requirements Life/Chemical Safety

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Achieving Compliance• How do you tackle this work?

Internal vs external

• Many elite programs have help! Specialized labor

Struggle to keep organization due to outside costs

This is usually not your only job!

Without dedicated time, labor and materials, state and federal regulators can shut the doors if not followed!

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Elite Compliance• What is an Elite Compliance Program?

Full understanding of environmental impacts of an industry

Complex knowledge of chemical and non-chemical inventories

Completed documentation of multi-faceted and forward-facing programs

• Number 1 Priority for an Elite Program Understand what makes a complete program

- Regulations and responsibilities

- Document control is very important

• Continued Costs Updated trainings

Consistent monitoring

Ongoing maintenance & monitoring

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Agenda





Summary / Q&A

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Safety• OSHA

Keep your people safe!

• Handling hazardous materials biggest factor People WHO:

- Work with it

- Around it

- Moving/storing it

• Security of the material is just as important Locked up Hard to access areas Out in the open The general public access

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Emergency Response• Handling Spills

• Communication

• Internally trained staff

• Getting a cohesive system set-up

• Response needed Safe

Efficient

Accurate

Consistent

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Safety Equipment:Set-up & Maintenance• General Lab/Facility

Management: Eyewashes

Safety showers

Fire extinguishers

AED’s

Spill kits (chemical & biological)

Fire alarms

Specific alarms for hazardous material control

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Safety Equipment Inspections• Need inspections to monitor all safety equipment

• Programs in place to change out/fix systems

• Personnel who are trained to do it Some required to be licensed professionals

• Automated vs. manual program? Customized to fit your needs

Experience to meet your needs

• Standards vs. regulations

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Agenda





Summary / Q&A

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Sustainability & Proactivity• Manage materials continually in a facility

• Understand usage in a facility

• Get sophisticated around waste characterization and collection

• Seek out innovative waste management ideas and trends

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Manage Incoming Material• Get ahead of the ordering

Inventory/ordering systems with notifications

Training of lab staff

Full chemical inventory system – stock rooms

Monitoring/tracking for maintenance and facility stock areas

Policies and requirements within the facility

• Think differently Partner with the purchasing department

Know key planning & improvement staff

Stay involved & keep your ears to the ground

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Sustainability:Smarter Management• Less hazardous materials on site = less

disposal

• Less high-hazard materials = less disposal & increased safety

• Separation of waste streams Think paper recycling but with hazardous materials

Consolidation of like material

Separation of hazardous material from larger volumes of non-hazardous materials

• Material in the correct waste stream? Many waste streams can be separated to save

money, time and be sustainable in the process

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Seek Innovative Re-Use and Recycling

Alternatives• Single-use devices

Collection services

• Biologicals Treat, sort and turn into plastic

• Old drums or containers Empty, consolidate contents and send for

recycling

• High volume could yield high reward

• Low volume could yield high reward

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Summary / Q&A

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Elite Programs• Full understanding of the

hazardous materials process

• Compliance of entire facility

• Safety at the forefront

• Keeping your safety equipment and systems up to date

• Understanding proactivity is better for everyone

• Making your program sustainable

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Elite Programs are Necessary for Success• Workload may be too high

• Might be too much training to worry about keeping staff up-to-date OR work-load on site doesn’t require it

• Documentation is complex for a small staff (Budget)

• Not your main focus

• Consider external support for added value success Add expertise

Add time to your work day

Rely on experts

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