Waste Management
Waste at UMass consists of municipal trash, recycling, food waste, and landscaping waste, as well as hazardous, biological, radioactive and solid waste. Proper handling and disposal of this waste is crucial to worker safety, the health of the community, and the protection of our environment.
SciShield for Lab Management
SciShield is an online platform that enables users to easily organize and manage many high-level aspects of a research laboratory, including personnel, equipment, and laboratory safety. The ultimate goal of utilizing SciShield is to increase safety and compliance in laboratories without detracting researchers’ attention from their research. SciShield provides users with digital access to safety compliance, regulatory documentation, and materials in a single platform. Management of hazardous materials is facilitated through SciSchield.
Chemical Environmental Management System (CEMS)
CEMS (Chemical Environmental Management System) is a program for centralized receiving and delivery of hazardous materials and lab supplies managed by EH&S for chemical owners, laboratory associates, students and emergency responders. The chemical inventory system, as well as supply requests, are managed through SciShield. Please note that all hazardous materials coming to your lab must first be received at CEMS.
Decommissioning
The purpose of these procedures is to eliminate, as much as possible, any potential hazards to personnel and the environment prior to the relocation, demolition or renovation of laboratory space. These procedures were established to ensure that hazardous materials are disposed of properly when faculty/researchers/occupants of a laboratory transfer to a different laboratory or leave the University. Procedures also apply to all demolitions, renovations or reassignments of space conducted at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and any of its field stations, and are based in part on information described in the American National Standard for Laboratory Decommissioning.