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HI, Everywhere I have worked there has been a large CL1 lab and a small CL2 lab. No recycling of packaging has been undertaken in the CL2 and outer cardboard etc is removed before bringing in.
Now I have a lab designed with general and HG1 work going on along side HG2 work and so the whole lab has been designated CL2! All work on HG2 material in this area is undertaken under extract and is non delibrate use of.
So can the large volumes of consumable packaging in this lab get recycled or must it all go a biohazard waste stream route? Is is a definate no or down to risk assessment? Answers on a postcard .....?!
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I am not trained within your area of expertise but I would say that the reason all waste would be classed as hazordous is down to any potential cross contamination.
Even though as you say the risk is small or fractional, if God forbid such release of hazardous waste leeched into the environment, the companies reputation is at risk alongside potential prosecution with hefty fines and possible imprisonment. Naturally the instinctive answer is the impact that the waste could have on the environment but larger corporations may find this of slightly lower importance where the other impacts may reside.
This why i believe your current procedures state that all waste would be disposed of as hazardous.
It will be interesting to see what other forum members say. (Super forum members and people with experience within your sector will be you oracle's)
Regards
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As you have said this is down to your risk assessment. What you need to do is see what goes in the lab and establish that the packaging that comes with consumables eg boxes of universals, bijouxs etc is never exposed to whatever you are working with. I get the impression that you are not culturing HG2 organisms, which means that it unlikely that anything any boxes etc will be contaminated. If you were working in a CL 3 lab then you would definitely not take anything out. But you need to have a look and make sure that nobody is for example using boxes and other packaging in the lab to keep samples in for example. Obviously, if they are, that increases the risk of them becoming contaminated.
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