WASTE ORIGIN:Diagnostic Materials and Cleaning Equipment
WASTE TYPES: Alcohols, Developer and Developer Systems Cleaners (Chromium),Pharmacy Supplies, Photographic Wastes, Silver (X-ray Fixer, X-ray Film), Solvent Wastes (Xylene, Xylene-alcohol Mixtures), and Vapor Sterilizer Chemicals (Formaldehyde)

Sources:
Fact Sheet: Managing Waste Generated by Dental Clinics, Minnesota Technical Assistance Program, Minneapolis, MN, Publ. 2/95-81, 1995.
Newsletter: Reducing Hospital Waste, Waste Reduction Assistance Program, University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services, Vol. 1/No. 4, Winter 1991.
Hospital Waste Reduction Checklist, Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center, University of Wisconsin-Extension, 1996.
Guide to Pollution Prevention: Selected Hospital Waste Streams, U.S. EPA, Center For Environmental Research Information, June 1990, EPA/625/7-90/009.

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