ALTERNATIVE GENERATOR STANDARDS PROPOSED FOR COLLEGE LABS.

This article reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed alternative generator requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act applicable to college and university laboratories. The proposal is developed to provide a flexible and protective set of regulations that address the specific nature of hazardous waste generation in college and university laboratories. This proposal is extensive and offers several flexible bold approaches to manage the generation of hazardous waste at college and university laboratories.