How should HPLC effluent be collected?
If the HPLC effluent can be potentially reused, the effluent is considered integral to the HPLC process. The collection tube leading into the collection container should penetrate the cap of the collection container or some other stopper type device in the opening of the collection container. The collection tube should not simply be draped into the open collection container. The container should be marked with the constituents of the effluent. This collection set-up is not a satellite accumulation area (SAA) and should not be labeled as such. Once the researcher can no longer use the effluent and determines it to be hazardous waste, the container must be labeled with a properly completed red tag and placed in a designated SAA or less than 90-day storage area. If the effluent cannot be potentially reused, there are two options. One option would be to treat the HPLC area as a satellite accumulation area in which all containers must comply with the SAA regulations. Another option is offer
