Life outside of RCRA: The Lab-XL experience

The Lab-XL project has been in place since September 1999 and has been able to develop important lessons about the effective management of laboratory hazardous waste. These lessons support the hypothesis of the project that a performance-oriented regulation provides significant value to the environment, both by facilitating the reduction of the amount and toxicity of laboratory waste produced and by enabling progressive management of other environmental aspects. This paper describes these lessons in detail and provides the data from the pilot institutions that demonstrate the project's successes.