SDG 12.2.3 Policy waste disposal – hazardous materials
NCUE has developed ‘Guidelines for Disposal of Laboratory Waste in the NCUE.’ Waste effluent, chemicals, and empty containers from NCUE laboratories are removed twice a year. Biomedical wastes produced by infirmaries and laboratories are removed once a week, as indicated in Figure 1 and Figure 2.
Please refer to appendices 12.2.3A–Guidelines for Disposal of Laboratory Wastes in NCUE and 12.2.3B–Wastes Removed in 2023.
Please refer to the waste management website of the Center of Protection and Occupational Safety and Health:
https://saftyweb.ncue.edu.tw/var/file/10/1010/img/1027/675906012.pdf
Figure 1. Removal of laboratory waste
Figure 2. Removal of biomedical waste produced by infirmaries and laboratories
Below is the weight of biomedical waste produced by university laboratories and infirmaries in 2023, as indicated in Table 1.
Table 1. Weight of biomedical waste produced by university laboratories and infirmaries in 2023
Month |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
Metric tons |
0.118 |
0.049 |
0.07 |
0.108 |
0.077 |
0.125 |
0.094 |
0.058 |
0.074 |
0.027 |
0.077 |
0.052 |
0.929 |
The weight of waste effluent, chemicals, and empty containers from NCUE laboratories was removed in 2023, as indicated in Table 2.
Table 2. Weight of laboratory waste, chemicals, and empty containers generated, collected, and transported at NCUE in 2023
Item |
Metric tons |
Waste effluent |
2.855 |
General chemicals |
0.05 |
Toxic chemicals |
0.0195 |
Unspecified chemicals |
0.2 |
Empty containers of waste chemicals |
0.43 |
Silicone |
0.065 |
Mercury |
0.0002 |
Total |
3.6197 |