For more information refer to the Laboratory Safety Manual Allow 10 to 20% of free space in liquid hazardous waste containers to allow for solvent expansion. Overfilled and/or leaking containers will ...

Currently, methanol, ethanol and acetone are distilled on campus. If your lab generates other solvent waste, contact EH&S to see if they may be good candidates for the solvent recycling program.

Choose a clear container for the solvent that can seal completely and ... If there is a local option for disposing of hazardous waste, the hands-off option is to label it as isopropyl alcohol ...

Even without the containers ... to 5 pounds. The solvent extraction process also might prove useful for recycling batteries. It could enable more efficient battery waste disposal by separating ...