General Container Requirements
Never use cardboard or porous materials
Your containers must be:
- Clean: Free of exterior contamination
- Labeled with a WASTe tag at all times
- Chemically compatible with the material of the storage container (Chemical Resistance Information For Bottles, Containers & Safety Cans)
- Suitable: stored in container size suitable for the material stored, be mindful of the weight of your material don't use containers that are too big
- Closed when not in used
Note: Wastes stored in labware (e.g. test tubes, beakers, and flasks) and sealed with a stopper or parafilm will not be accepted.
You can use glass, metal, plastic bottles for chemicals. You can be reuse empty chemical bottles as long as they are clean of any prior chemicals residues or your can purchase bottles from a common laboratory supply vendor.
The container you select must be:
- Chemically compatible with contents (i.e no corrosives in metal containment)
- In good condition with screw top -unaffected by leaking, rusting, or any other defects
- appropriate size- only filled up to 90% with at least 10% air space
- Free of solids(i.e. fixed tissues)
- Stored in secondary containment at all times
Drums are available for consolidation. There is a limited of 55 gal. total hazardous waste per SAA (see storage limits).
- Once a drum is started, it must be labeled with a hazardous WASTe Tag.
- Keep the drum closed when not in use.
- Drum 90% full must be disposed for within 3 days
- Drum must be disposed of within 90 days no matter how full.
- To request a collection drum or to coordinate delivery and retrieval Email: hazardousmaterials@ehs.ucla.edu
- Fees may apply for pick up and supplies. Visit EH&S Service Rates and Fees