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ABC of Safety in the Biological Sciences
WASTE CONTAINERS132
Those described below generally follow international standards.
- for pathogenic waste - yellow heavy duty plastic garbage bag.
- for sharps -rigid containers with impenetrable walls and capable of containing any residual liquid in the disposed item as might occur with pipettes or syringes.
- for toxic waste
- Hazardous - original container or adequately labelled bulk container.
- Cytotoxic - purple heavy duty plastic bag
- for radioactive - Blue or red plastic bags or containers displaying the black internationally recognised radioactivity symbol.
- for general solids - black plastic garbage bag.
- for general liquid - strong sealed plastic container.
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