Type Specific Preparation Requirements for Hazardous Chemical Waste

Hazardous waste has properties that make it potentially dangerous or harmful to human health or the environment. It can be the by-products of manufacturing processes, discarded used materials, or discarded unused commercial products, such as cleaning fluids (solvents) or pesticides. Some chemicals are classified hazardous once they are used in a laboratory setting.

If you are not sure emails us for help, hazardousmaterials@ehs.ucla.edu

Not All hazardous wastes are handled equally.
Listed below are varying types of waste collected by the hazardous waste group. This information is only for waste generated at UCLA.

Blood Vials and Collection Tubes Chemicals for Consolidation Conical Tubes, Series Vials and Small Chemical Containers Cylinders- Gases Dry Waste (Solid Chemicals and Dry Bulked Waste)Extremely or Acutely Hazardous Chemical Fluorescent & other lamps (Universal Waste)Lab Glass Waste (Broken and Intact) Metal Powders and Lithium Metal Pouch Cells

Paint & Art Supplies (Waste)Peroxide Forming Chemicals Picric Acid (Dry)Sharps (Non-Hazardous) Generated in Laboratory Sharps and Slides Contaminated with Chemical Tissues or Specimens in Chemical Fixatives or Perfusion Material Trace Chemo and Chemotherapy Waste Unknown Chemicals