Our school department head did not budget for the costs associated with removal of a drum of solvents from our school industrial arts department. What are our options?
All schools should budget for the safe removal of wastes from their schools. Each school department that purchases chemicals should include a line item for proper disposal costs. Regarding your current situation, there are two options for the safe removal of the drum from your school. Option one is to contact a hazardous waste disposal company to remove and properly dispose of the drum of solvents. Contact NHPPP at (800) 273-9469 or nhppp@des.nh.gov for the current contract. Option two is to receive permission from your town Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Coordinator to self-transport school wastes to the next HHW collection event for disposal. The NH Hazardous Waste Rules, Env-Wm 1003.10 School Wastes, states school wastes may be accepted at a household hazardous waste collection project provided the school has received prior permission from the sponsor of the collection project and DES. Permission shall be granted on the basis of available funding, the ability of the transporter to
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