BMC Waste

Waste management is based on Uppsala University's central guidelines  Links to an external site.for waste management with BMC common guidelines as a supplement.

Always begin search for information on the university homepage about waste Links to an external site..

After that You shall read corresponding section on this page.

 

Please remember!

The departments do not pay for leaving ANY waste. Nor do they pay for boxes, labels or times of my expertise no matter how much You use. It is and has always been free of charge.

And please, never leave any waste in common areas! Use the correct receptacles and routines.


Contact

Don't use mail address msbmc@bmc.uu.se.

Instead use our support portal Links to an external site. for questions about environment & safety at BMC.

You need to log in.

  1. First Choose your language,
  2. then:
    1. English: Under View your cases or register new ones go to Campus services / BMC - Environment and Safety.
    2. Swedish: Under Se dina ärenden eller registrera nytt go to Campus-service / BMC - Miljö och säkerhet.

Mikael Olsson Links to an external site. handles issues regarding internal and external environment, safety, chemical storage and handling, lab hygiene, waste.

Aleksandr Zavodnik Links to an external site. handles every issues regarding radioactivity. 


Table of Content

 Environment & Safety at BMC

Useful links to save
Environment & Safety Tour - Sign-up here.
Introduction to Environment & Safety at BMC
The self-study course Laboratory waste management at BMC
Declaration of biomedical waste and Biological waste / ABP & HBP
Access to freezer rooms and chemical storage rooms
Department visit/Institutionsbesök
Moving and emptying premises
Reuse of Waste Links to an external site.
Towards Greener Research Network Links to an external site.

 

Waste handling at Uppsala university

Waste fractions at BMC
BMC waste in short
Central guidelines
Contact
Recycling stations and Recycling central.
Labshop
Cans and labels for waste handling
LABELS
Declaration of biomedical waste and Biological waste (ABP & HBP)
Transportation of chemicals and gases in the BMC
Elevator Transport
Videos of waste management instructions

 Household-like waste

Batteries
Bulky mixed material waste
Ceramics and porcelain
(Combustible) Residual waste
Crude waste
Electrical and electronic waste
Food waste
Glas waste
Light sources
Lithium-Ion batteries
Metal waste
Packaging
Paper packaging and cardboard
Paper waste (recycling paper)
Photo chemicals & film
Plastic packaging
Refrigerators and freezers
Residual (combustibel) waste
Secrecy papper
Toner cartridges
Wood waste

 Laboratory related waste

Antibiotic-containing waste
Biological waste / humane & animal by-products (ABP & HBP)
Chemical waste
Cytostatics Links to an external site.
Declaration of biomedical waste and Biological waste (ABP & HBP)
Ethidium bromide, Gelred, Agarose and Acrylamide
GMM & GMO
Ice pack/Freezer pack
Infectious waste
Laboratory waste self-study course
Medical products and cytostatics
Miscellaneous waste from lab
Narcotics and drug precursors
Radioactive waste
Sharp and cutting waste
Carcinogenic, mutagenic, or chemicals toxic for reproduction
Label Chemical waste - Laboratory waste