[Histonet] Paraffin Wax Waste Disposal

[Podawiltz, Thomas]

We dispose of our waste paraffin as a chemical waste. It gets hauled away, since we have no way to incinerate it.



Tom Podawiltz, HT (ASCP)
Histology Section Head/Laboratory Safety Officer

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Subject: Re: [Histonet] Paraffin Wax Waste Disposal

I always incinerated my used paraffin
René J

--- On Fri, 7/22/11, Joanne Clark <jclark <@t> pcnm.com> wrote:


From: Joanne Clark <jclark <@t> pcnm.com>
Subject: [Histonet] Paraffin Wax Waste Disposal
To: "histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Date: Friday, July 22, 2011, 4:22 PM


Hi All, we had our CAP inspection yesterday and were cited for disposing of our waste wax from the processors in regular waste.  In all my 20+ years of working in histology I have never disposed of the dirty wax in biohazard waste.  Especially now with the newer processors that have very little carry over.  I know this is probably state regulated by is anyone aware of a regulation or documentation that states what the amount of hazardous chemical in a substance must be before it is considered hazardous?  And if so, does anyone know of a way to measure the amount of xylene in waste paraffin?

Thanks in advance.
Joanne Clark, HT
Histology Supervisor
PCNM
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