Environmental, Health and Safety Services

Waste Label Completion

click to enlarge

**There are four categories of waste:
      1. Liquid Scintillation Vials
        • Safer type of cocktail (low flammability)
        • Other types (high flammability, i.e. toluene, xylene)
      2. Bulk Liquid (one isotope/liquid jug)
        • Aqueous liquid
        • Non-Aqueous liquid
      3. Dry Solid
      4. Biowaste (Animal Carcasses)
        • Less than or equal to 111,000 DPM/gram
        • Greater than 111,000 DPM/gram