In California the legislature in its infinite wisdom (under the influence of t he tourism industry) declared all unwanted hypodermic needles as ‘medica l waste’ no matter what they have or have not been used to do
This after bags of medical waste washed up on beaches in San Diego after they we re discarded from cruise ships…
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-Russ Russell Vernon, Ph.D.&
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ssion
List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Williams, Mark Hi
All, We
use syringes to deliver solvents. Some of the syringes have needles, some d
o
not. None contain any biohazardous substance, but the solvents would be
hazardous waste if disposed of. *For
syringes without needles, if they are empty when disposed of, can we consid
er
each syringe to be a RCRA empty container and throw them in the regular tra
sh? *What
about empty, non-biohazardous syringes with needles? I
have done a little searching on this issue, but have not come up with
definitive guidance. Thank
you Mark Williams From: DCHAS-L Discu
ssion
List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of DCHAS-L automatic di
gest
system
russell.vernon**At_Symbol_Here**ucr.edu
www.ehs.ucr.edu
(951) 827-5119
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:07 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Syringe Disposal
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:01 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: DCHAS-L Digest - 13 Jun 2010 to 14 Jun 2010 (#2010-144)