Live Air Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2013
Compliance is achieved through understanding the regulations and a comprehensive waste management system. It begins with assuming responsibility and ends with obeying the golden rules of waste disposal. This presentation will cover regulations, hazard determination, generators, status, avoiding waste formation, purchasing, inventory, obeying the law, selecting a vendor, and household hazardous waste.
As an attendee, you will learn more about:
- Identify hazardous waste
- Comply with RCRA
- Reduce the likelihood of fines
- Reduce waste disposal costs
Speaker
James Kaufman, Ph.D. is the President/CEO and founder of the Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI). He has spent the last 40 years teaching the fundamentals of lab safety and creating more effective lab safety programs. His unique approach to lab safety combined with a collection of over 5,000 examples of lab accidents make his presentations both highly informative and entertaining. He is the author of numerous books, articles, LSI’s Speaking of Safety Newsletter, and audio and video lab safety education programs. More than 100,000 scientists and science educators have attended LSI’s lab safety courses.
