UNIVERSAL WASTE and ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

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UNIVERSAL WASTEandELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

• Rebecca Wenner
• Compliance and Enforcement Unit ChiefKDHE,
  Bureau of Waste Management
• rwenner_at_kdhe.state.ks.us
• 785-296-1604
• http//www.kdheks.gov/waste/index.html

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UNIVERSAL WASTE (UW) RULE

• EPAs UW Rule streamlines hazardous waste
  management standards for federally designated
  Universal Wastes
• Wastes include
• Batteries
• Pesticides
• Mercury-containing equipment
• Lamps

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UW RULE

• UW regulations designed by EPA to
• Ease regulatory burdens on businesses
• Promote recycling

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UW RULE

• Reduce paperwork burden
• No manifest is required for transport
• Small Quantity Handlers are not required to keep
  records of UW shipments
• Registered Transporter not required for shipping
• DOT shipping standards DO apply
• UW may be consolidated at one facility
• UW waste may be accumulated for up to one year
• Universal Waste does not count towards generator
  status

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UW RULE

• Specific UW Regulations can be found in
• 40 CFR part 273
• (Kansas to adopt July 1, 2006 version)

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UW RULE

• Two types of UW Handlers
• Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
  (SQHUW) may accumulate up to
  11,000 pounds (5,000 kilograms)
• Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
  (LQHUW) may accumulate 11,000 pounds or more

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REQUIREMENTS

• Package in closed container that will minimize
  breakage and be compatible with contents.
  (Leaking batteries should not be stored in
  fiberboard containers).
• Label each container as follows
• Universal Waste Lamp(s), Waste Lamp(s), or
  Used Lamp(s).
• Universal Waste Battery(ies), Waste
  Battery(ies), or Used Battery(ies)
• Universal Waste Mercury Containing Equipment
  Waste Mercury Containing Equipment or Used
  Mercury Containing Equipment
• Date each container with the earliest date waste
  in the container was generated (or alternatively
  maintain a tracking system).

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REQUIREMENTS

• Respond to releases of universal wastes
• Comply with employee training requirements (for
  all employees responsible for handling UW)
• Describe proper handling
• Describe emergency procedures
• Must send universal waste to a another universal
  waste handler, a destination facility, or a
  foreign destination.
• May accumulate universal waste for up to one
  year. If UW are stored longer than one year, the
  handler must be able to demonstrate that such
  accumulation is necessary to facilitate proper
  recovery, treatment, or disposal.

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OTHER RESOURCES

• http//www.kdheks.gov/waste/guidance/hw95-01.pdf
• http//www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/univwast/b
  asic.htm
• Http//www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/univwast/q
  uickref.htm

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OPEN CONTAINERS
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CONTAINER EXAMPLES
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ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

• Computers
• Monitors
• CPUs
• Motherboards
• Televisions
• Microwaves
• Any other type of electronics, excluding large
  appliances (refrigerator, washer, etc.)

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DISPOSAL???

• First choice is re-use
• Have it refurbished
• Donate to a charity if it is in useable condition
• Second choice is recycling
• Will generally be a cost
• Check out your recycler to ensure that they
  really are recycling the equipment (some are
  required to obtain permits from KDHE)
• Last choice is disposal
• Can go to a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in
  Kansas
• Can also hire a hazardous waste contractor

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Questions?