Continuous improvement of chemical waste management to enhance safety in laboratory waste room

Abstract

The lack of management in laboratory waste room is often overlooked. This may lead to serious incidents or accidents. Mixing of incompatible chemical wastes creates unwanted chemical reactions that produce gases and heat. Severe consequences can arise from such reactions, such as property damage, bodily harm and even life endangerment. Heat produced from the reactions can also affect nearby chemical wastes, causing cascading harm effects. It is thus important to reduce the likelihood of mixing incompatible chemicals. Our continuous improvement efforts include design and organization of laboratory waste rooms, providing safe storage, constant instilling users' mindfulness of chemical safety and implementing chemical safety measures and awareness activities to ensure safe disposal and management of chemical waste.