[TheForge] Responsibility

[Bruce Freeman]

Terry,
I understand and even sympathize with your take on
this, but REALLY you have to step back an look at
what's going on.

Some administrator, to cover his butt, has decided on
a particular "proper" way of disposing of these
chemicals.  EVEN IF this "proper way" is safe, legal,
not destructive to the environment, etc., it is going
to be wasteful unless it specifically involves
recycling (which few such programs do).

Perfectly good solvents are thrown away because they
have reached their "expiry dates", and no one
(including me) cares to guarantee that they're still
safe.  Meanwhile, the identical solvents are sold from
the shelves of Home Depot with not an expiry date to
be found on them.  This is wasteful.  Waste is
inherently bad for our environment, not to mention
somebody's pocketbook.

Syringes used to pipet fairly innocuous drug
formulations are destroyed as biologically
contaminated waste (at great expense) because someone
might THINK they are AIDS contaminated.  Process
effluent that is 95% water is BURNED to destroy the
organic content, at great expense in fuel, because the
powers that be can't conceive of a better procedure. 
Glass bottles full of miscellaneous wastes - 
including glass vial - are also burned (GLASS,
BURNED?) for similar reasons.

I could go on and on, but I'm sure you get the point. 
What I ask is that people step back and see the big
picture.  Unfortunately, that's asking too much.  They
never do.
Bruce
NJ
--- "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:

> hello;
> 
> On Fri, 18 May 2007 craig.schaefer at verizon.net
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > It's got nothing to do with the government either.
> >
> 
> okay, if you say so.
> 
> >
> > It's just about someone reading this list that
> needs his butt kicked.
> >
> 
> why?
> 
> because that someone reported the theft of chemicals
> to the proper
> owners? you can call it whatever you want but it was
> stealing and
> breaking of the trust of the school in the teacher
> to properly dispose
> of the chemicals. emphasis on the word 'properly'.
> 
> school districts have enough worries without
> purlioned chemicals adding
> to the school districts liabilities.
> 
> you can sugar coat it anyway you like that does not
> change the facts.
> 
> >
> > CraigS
> > Gresham, OR
> >
> 
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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