Re: Advice to Teachers

["Ron Amoling" <AMOLINGR@JOSLAB.HARVARD.EDU>]

It really depends on your locale as to whether certain "exempt" 
amounts of chemical waste can go down a drain or not.

I believe any generator of hazardous waste (ie, any purchaser of 
materials which produce a hazardous waste byproduct) should be 
required to comply with government laws concerning their disposal.

The philosophy in most facilities that I have worked with has been 
"if they can afford to purchase the materials in the first place, 
they need to be able to afford to get rid of them when they're done 
with them".

Sure, High Schools all across America could use a financial break, 
but so could every law abiding commercial company that has waste to 
get rid of.  High School is a great place to teach our future waste 
generators that waste must be dealt with responsibly and that there 
are costs associated with it.

Ron Amoling
Safety Operations Manager, RSO
Joslin Diabetes Center
Boston, MA
amolingr@joslab.harvard.edu