Special categories of hazardous waste
- Gas cylinders and aerosol cans that are NOT open to the atmosphere (even if functionally empty)
- Universal waste (a category of hazardous waste that everyon generates) - separate training presentation available
- batteries
- mercury-containing equipment
- light bulbs and tubes - fluorescent, high-energy discharge, uv lamps
- Broken glass
- not defined as hazardous waste, but is a physical hazard to personnel
- collect in puncture-resistant cardboard box that is small enough to carry when it is full