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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 12.2.3AGuidelines for Disposal of Laboratory Wastes in NCUE and 12.2.3BWastes 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

Removal of laboratory waste

Figure 1. Removal of laboratory waste

Removal of biomedical waste produced by infirmaries and laboratories

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

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