Small Business Assistance - Permit Primer
Topic - Solid Waste
Does your facility generate any of the wastes listed below?
For information on managing these wastes, click on the links in the table below.
NOTE: press ALT then F4 to close any pop-up windows - all links found in the table below.
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Electronics & Computer Equipment: Cell phones, Printed circuit boards, hard drives, Monitors (cathode ray tubes), & Toner & ink jet cartridges. Managing Used Computers: A Guide for Businesses & Institutions,
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Batteries (overview)
& Waste Lead Acid Batteries. Management Requirements for Generators & Tranporters.
Also see: Waste Reduction and Recycling: A Guide for the Workplace, &
Electronics & Computer Equipment. |
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Mercury & Mercury Containing Instruments: Containers of mercury, thermostats, relays, & switches. Household Thermostat Recycling: An Environmental Fact Sheet.
Also see: Electronics & Computer Equipment. |
Bulbs, Lamps, & Ballasts: High pressure sodium, fluorescent, mercury vapor, neon, metal halide, & high intensity discharge.
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For each of these wastes that you generate, fill in the following information on the Waste Inventory Sheet:
- Under "waste type" check "hazardous", because these are regulated as hazardous waste. (Specifically, these wastes are regulated as "universal hazardous wastes". If this term is familiar, you may want to write "universal" next to where you checked "hazardous". However, it is more important to learn about how to properly manage these wastes than be concerned about terminology.)
- Under "comment" write "recycle", because in most cases it is illegal for a business to dispose of these wastes in a solid waste landfill in Wisconsin, and they wastes are exempt from most hazardous waste regulations if they are properly managed for recycling.
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