Sustainable Laboratory Chemical Waste Management: A Practical Guide for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students is designed as a practical academic guide to the responsible management of chemical waste generated in laboratory environments.
The book combines the principles of chemical safety, waste management and sustainability to help students understand what happens to laboratory waste after an experiment is completed.
The central approach of the book is:
Identify → Minimize → Segregate → Collect → Label → Store → Treat → Dispose → Review
The book emphasizes that effective chemical waste management begins before waste is generated. Appropriate planning, microscale experimentation, substitution of hazardous substances, careful measurement and responsible use of chemicals can significantly reduce the quantity and hazard of laboratory waste.
Throughout the book, practical examples, tables, decision trees, flowcharts and checklists are used to make the concepts easier to understand and apply in laboratory settings.