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Non-hazardous trash (paper towels, boiling sticks, filter paper, gloves, kimwipes, used TLC plates)

Trashcan with plastic liner

Non-hazardous aqueous (water baths, ice baths, condenser water)

Pour down the sink into the drain

Aqueous Waste (acids and bases, aqueous layers from extractions, organic solvents with more than 10% water)

Waste container labeled "aqueous"

Organic waste (organic solvents such as hexanes, ethyl acetate, toluene, petroleum ether, diethyl ether)

Waste container labeled "organic"




NOTE:if waste contains precipitated solids, decant the solvent into the waste container and dispose of the solids separately

Halogenated waste (methylene chloride aka DCM, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride)

Waste container labeled "halogenated"

Chemical recycling acetone

Waste container labeled "acetone recovery program"



Glass (broken glassware, test tubes, disposable pipettes)

Rinse with acetone, dispose in "broken glass" cardboard container

Sharp objects (syringe needles)

Dispose in the red box labeled "sharps"



Hazardous solids (contaminated paper towels, filter paper, etc. insoluble organic and inorganic solids)

Collected in specially marked containers

Recyclable (calcium carbonate from drying tubes)

Jars labeled "recyclable" located around the laboratory