[Bgsa] reasons for slow waste pick up by EH & S?

[Carla Essenberg]

Hi Everyone,

Our GSA rep on the EH&S committee complained to someone at EH&S about
the very slow waste pick-up and got the reply you see below.  It
doesn't sound like they are planning to change anything, but if there
are some things Ms. Grey listed that you don't do, you might be able
to speed up the process somewhat.  If you had any suggestions that you
would like to be conveyed to EH&S, let me know and I'll pass it on (or
just write to Corrie directly).

Carla


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Corrie Neighbors <cneig001 at ucr.edu>
Date: Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: EH & S
To: Carla Essenberg <cesse001 at student.ucr.edu>



Hi Carla,

I emailed Amanda Grey in EH&S about the waste pick-up and she sent me
the following information:

Pickup requests that are unfulfilled for over 60 days are rare, and I
do not doubt that this has occurred as described. There are factors
which contribute to delays in waste pickup, and there are things that
generators can do to help prevent delays:

1.       Request pickup only after waste containers are truly ready for pickup

2.       Request pickup only after all tags (labels) have been affixed
to waste containers

3.       Place all labeled waste containers together in secondary
containment totes where they can be easily located

In my experience, you can do all of these things and it will still
take 3 weeks to have waste picked up.  But I suppose the point is that
if everyone across campus has their waste ready when EH&S arrives, we
wouldn't have significant delays.

If you guys in Bio have any other questions or concerns, send me an
email and I can get in touch with appropriate EH&S personnel.

Thanks,
Corrie


On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Corrie Neighbors <cneig001 at ucr.edu> wrote:
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> Hi Carla,
>
> Thanks for letting me know; I have also had waste sit in the lab for over 60 days awaiting pickup by EH&S.  I am definitely going to bring this issue up at the EH&S meeting next week and I'll report back to the GSA.
>
> Thanks,
> Corrie
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>
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> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Carla Essenberg <cesse001 at student.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Corrie,
>>
>> Thanks for inviting our comments about EH & S.  I just wanted to pass
>> on a complaint that you have probably heard before, which is that EH &
>> S can be excessively slow to pick up wastes in our department
>> (Biology).  Although I think pick-ups being just a few weeks late is
>> more typical, one student mentioned a container that was picked up
>> many months late!
>>
>> Carla
>>
>> --
>> Carla Essenberg
>> PhD Candidate
>> Department of Biology
>> University of California, Riverside
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> Corrie Neighbors
> University of California, Riverside
> 900 University Ave.
> Riverside, CA 92521
> corrie.neighbors at email.ucr.edu
>



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Corrie Neighbors
University of California, Riverside
900 University Ave.
Riverside, CA 92521
corrie.neighbors at email.ucr.edu



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Carla Essenberg
PhD Candidate
Department of Biology
University of California, Riverside