[Histonet] : Recycled reagents in VIP processor

[White, Lisa M.]

We have recycled here for over 14 years.  The cost of the recycling unit is not small.  It will take a while to recoup the cost.  We have found that xylene recycles well.  The substitutes are not infinitely recyclable.  The biggest savings is that you are not paying to have drums of xylene picked up as hazardous waste.  That is a savings in itself.  Yes you are pouring into a 'dirty carboy' and loading and unloading onto a machine, but you are either doing that or pouring dirty product into a bottle to be sent for pick up as well as placing new in the processor carboys.  Either way you have to handle product.
If xylene or other solvent are out of range when your monitors are performed then the lab you work at must improve the ventilation as well as possibly provide chemical filter apparatus to be utilized by the staff.

Just one more perspective.