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The Illinois EPA regulates the management of all types of solid waste, including hazardous and special waste. It is UIS' responsibility to determine each type of waste generated on campus, and comply with all applicable regulations. Special waste must be managed and disposed of properly to protect our environment.
What is a Special Waste?
Special waste includes hazardous waste, universal waste, potentially infectious medical waste (PIMW), industrial process waste, and pollution control waste. See ILEPA site on special waste.
A hazardous waste is any material (including solids, liquids, and containerized gas) that is no longer of use to its sole owner, and that displays one or more of the following hazardous characteristics:
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Ignitability (materials such as flammable liquids and friction sensitive materials that can create fire under moderate conditions).
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Corrosivity (materials with extreme acidity having a low pH level, or extreme alkalinity having a high pH level; such materials are capable of damaging human tissue, and/or corroding metal containers.
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Reactivity (materials that are unstable under normal conditions, or which react violently with other chemicals to produce toxic fumes and/or explosions).
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Toxicity (materials which are harmful or fatal when inhaled, ingested, or absorbed).
Potentially Infectious Medical Waste (PIMW) is generated in connection with the diagnosis, treatment, body fluid spill clean-up, or immunization of human beings or animals; medical research; and biological testing. The businesses that typically generate PIMW are hospitals, nursing homes, medical or veterinary clinics, dental offices, clinical or pharmaceutical laboratories, university or research facilities, and other such facilities. It includes any items contaminated with body fluids as defined by OSHA and the Illinois Department of Labor under the Bloodborne Pathogens Act. Several departments on campus routinely generate PIMW including: Building Services; Child Care Center; Clinical Laboratory Science Program.
An industrial process waste is any liquid, solid, semisolid, or gaseous waste generated when manufacturing a product or performing a service. Examples include cutting oils, paint sludges, equipment cleanings, metallic dust sweepings, used solvents from parts cleaners, and off-specification, contaminated, or recalled wholesale or retail products. The following wastes are not industrial process wastes:
•Uncontaminated packaging materials
•Uncontaminated machinery components
•General household waste
•Landscape waste
•Construction or demolition debris
A pollution control waste is generated directly or indirectly when businesses remove contaminants from air, soil, or water. Examples include baghouse dust, landfill waste, scrubber sludge, and chemical spill cleaning material.