Waste Disposal Guidelines
Waste Disposal Guidelines
| Disposal Item | Yellow Buckets | Red Buckets | Sharp Continer | Pipette Jar | Regular Garbage | Broken Glass Box |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Contaminated disposable plastic, paper, gloves and gauze | X | |||||
| Contaminated(used)plastic Petri plates | X | |||||
| Used lens and bibulous paper | X | |||||
| Microcentrifuge tubes | X | |||||
| Urine & feces containers | X | |||||
| Glovers used for routine protection or staining | X | |||||
| Blood, slides | X | |||||
| Microliter pipette tips | X | |||||
| slides, cover slips and pasteur pipettes | X | |||||
| Contaminated applicator sticks and swabs | X | |||||
| Needles & syringes | X | |||||
| Other contaminated sharp items | X | |||||
| Reusable glass volumetric and measuring pipettes | X | |||||
| Glass culture tubes, caps removed | ||||||
| Uncontaminated materials: swab wrappers, Kim wipes, swabs, sticks, etc. | X | |||||
| Paper towels used for routine decontamination of bench before and after each lab period | X | X | ||||
| Paper towels used for spill decontamination of bench | X | |||||
| Uncontaminated broken glass | X | |||||
| Animal or human tissue | X | |||||
| Wax shavings | X |
* “Contaminated” means any contact with any potentially biohazardous biological material, e.g. blood, urine, feces, respiratory secretions, mucus, skin, bacterial or fungal cultures, etc.