Sources #1

WASTE ORIGIN: Medications, Cleaning Agents, Diagnostic Operations
WASTE TYPES: Discarded medications, broken thermometers, old batteries, spent cleaners, silver (X-ray fixer and film), lead foil, and chromium (developer system cleaners)

Sources:
Fact Sheet: Waste Reduction in the Veterinary Clinic, 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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