Pollution prevention opportunity assessment for Building 922 solid office waste

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10111950· OSTI ID:10111950

Phillips, N M ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (United States). Environmental Protection Dept.

Building 922 houses all of SNL/California`s ES and H Departments: Health Protection, Environmental Protection, Safety, and Environmental Operations. It covers approximately 10,000 square feet and houses about 80 people. The office personnel generate nonhazardous solid office wastes in their daily activities. To determine the types and amounts of waste generated, a special PPOA sorting team sorted all of the trash collected from the building for a period of one-week (including paper and aluminum cans in the recycling bins). The team sorted the trash into major categories: paper, plastic, metals, glass, wet garbage, rest room waste, and miscellaneous materials. They then sorted it into subcategories within each major category. Rest room waste was collected but not sorted. The waste in each category was weighed separately. The total amount of trash collected during the week was approximately 168.8 kg (371.4 lbs). The results of this PPOA indicate that SNL/California is minimizing most nonhazardous office waste and reductions planned for the near future will add significantly to the minimization efforts.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 10111950
• Report Number(s): SAND--95-8002; ON: DE95006199; BR: GB0103012
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
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OFFICE BUILDINGS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
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