[Histonet] block disposal

[Sherwood, Margaret]

We are a research laboratory.  Our policy, based on communication via the
Histonet, is to keep 2 years worth of paraffin blocks in the lab.  Blocks
greater than 2 years old up to 10 years old, we send to off-site storage.
Blocks greater than 10 years old are destroyed by the storage company since they
have them.

When we first set up this system last year, we had 20 years worth of blocks and
the majority were put in our red hazardous waste bucket to be incinerated. 

Peggy   


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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Joyce Cline
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 10:28 AM
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Subject: [Histonet] block disposal

How does everyone handle disposing of blocks that are more than 10 years old?
Are they incinerated, hauled away by a waste management company or just thrown
in the trash.

In Maryland I was told they can't be thrown in the regular trash by a state
waste official.

Joyce Cline, Technical Specialist
Hagerstown Medical Laboratory
301-665-4980
fax 301-665-4941
joyce.cline <@t> wchsys.org<mailto:joyce.cline <@t> wchsys.org>


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