By Fabiano on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 05:03 am:
How you dispose solvents from mobile phase?
like ACN 20-80% in water?
By Anonymous on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 06:03 am:
We pour all of our HPLC solvent waste into a red 5-gallon waste receptacle, that has a built in flash arrestor. Once these 5-gallon waste receptacles are full, they are transported to another area, where the contents are emptied into a 55-gallon drum. Once the drums are full, we call a waste disposal company (Ashland, plus many local ones). They come in and haul off the 55-gallon drums. There are government regs.concerning the disposal of hazardous chemicals-check out RCRA-the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. You definitely don't want to pour any HPLC solvent waste down the drain!!!
Regards,
Chris
By B.Buglio on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 05:49 pm:
In addition, a separate container for chlorintated
solvents is a commom practice
By Fabiano on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 10:05 am:
I made a search in EPA web site about this RCRA, and I can't find a answer for my main question:
Can I burn everything in a boiler?
By thowe on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 02:29 pm:
No, you can't burn anything in a boiler especially chlorinated solvents. Try searching RCRA under US government domains. TSCA is specially designed for toxic substances and carcinogens, PCBs, dioxins etc, these laws (along with RCRA) regulate the treatment and disposal of haz waste. Many companies have gone bust contributing to cleanups they created.
If your in the states for starters,
www.acz.com
http://www.proactenv.com/rcra_inhouse.htm?source=overture
Hardcopy 40CFR part 260 etc