Corporate Training By Zack Academy - Lab Waste Management (LWM)

Why Should You Take This Lab Waste Management Course?

Meet the RCRA training requirements while learning the details of establishing and implementing a waste management plan by taking this Lab Waste Management (LWM) course. Learn how to make waste determinations, establish satellite storage procedures, and manage waste cost-effectively. Includes hands-on practice in completing and reviewing manifests. Review the most common RCRA violations and how to avoid them. This course is based on a waste management course developed by Russ Phifer of W. C. Environmental.

Intended Audience:

• Anyone responsible for ensuring that the lab is in compliance with EPA and local hazardous waste regulations
• Environmental, Health & Safety Professionals
• Science, Art & Technology Educators / Researchers
• Lab Managers / Supervisors / Workers

Topics To Be Covered Include:

• Environmental Controls
• Hazardous Waste Regulations As They Apply to Laboratories
• Other Regulatory Requirements & Issues
• Waste Minimization
• Onsite Handling of Lab Wastes
• Working with Vendors
• Employee Training
• Hands-on Practice on Waste Determinations & Manifest Review
• Critique and Closing Comments

Syllabus

Introduction 
Environmental Controls 
ï‚· Laws 
ï‚· Regulations 

Hazardous Waste Regulations 
As They Apply to Laboratories 
ï‚· Waste Determinations 
ï‚· Waste Lists 
ï‚· Waste Characteristics 
ï‚· Proper Handling 
ï‚· Satellite Storage

Break

Other Regulatory Requirements & Issues
ï‚· Personal vs. Institutional Liability 
ï‚· Down the drain 
ï‚· Non-RCRA Waste

Waste Minimization
ï‚· Recycling
ï‚· Reclamation Part of process 
ï‚· Treatment

Lunch Break

Onsite Handling of Lab Wastes
ï‚· Storage
ï‚· Consolidation

Working with Vendors
ï‚· Vendor selection
ï‚· Contracting
ï‚· Economics
ï‚· Transportation / brokers / packagers

Break

Auditing
ï‚· Manifest review
ï‚· Contract review

Other Issues
ï‚· Employee Training
ï‚· Hands-on Practice on waste
determinations & manifest review