Is Waste Disposal addressed in ISO 17025:2005

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amanbhai

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Is the waste disposal addressed in ISO 17025:2005?
i could not see anywhere.
can anyone guide me?
 
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Re: Waste disposal address in ISO 17025:2005

What kind of waste disposal are you asking about? Is this waste a by product of testing? The lab must comply with local/federal etc regulations which apply, so whether or not it's in ISO/IEC 17025.

Specifically in the 'scope' section of the standard it excludes such situations of regulatory and safety requirements. The focus of the standard is towards the 'quality' of its testing and calibration results.

Andy
 
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amanbhai

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Re: Waste disposal address in ISO 17025:2005

Clause 5.8.1 The Lab shall have procedures for the transportation, receipt, handling, protection, storage, retention & disposition of tests &/ or calibration items, including all provisions neccessary to protect the integrity of the test or calibration items, & protect the interests of the lab & the customer.

But what does the tests items mean. ... is it the chemical waste standard is talking about or the customer sample (in our case Textile; fabric samples etc.)
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does anyone has knowledge (i mean some thing convincing)
 

harry

Super Moderator
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In my opinion, you either handled it through OSH (as Andy mentioned) or ISO 14001 (for internal labs). If OSH is not that strictly enforced as in my country, then you need to fall back to GLP (good laboratory practice) and ISO 17025 is about GLP.

Guidelines for collecting, packing and disposal of waste/used reagents, chemicals, testing samples, wastes like cloth & paper tissues etc are generally available even in a developing country like ours. Otherwise, one can always fall back to Chemical OSH guidelines.
 
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amanbhai

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Re: Waste disposal address in ISO 17025:2005

What kind of waste disposal are you asking about? Is this waste a by product of testing? The lab must comply with local/federal etc regulations which apply, so whether or not it's in ISO/IEC 17025.

Specifically in the 'scope' section of the standard it excludes such situations of regulatory and safety requirements. The focus of the standard is towards the 'quality' of its testing and calibration results.

Andy
We are talking about the Textile Testing lab disposal. Its like fabrics, chemicals, consumables, etc.
 

harry

Super Moderator
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Re: Waste disposal address in ISO 17025:2005

We are talking about the Textile Testing lab disposal. Its like fabrics, chemicals, consumables, etc.
In my country, the items you mentioned are classified as 'scheduled waste' and are governed by the environmental act - scheduled waste. What happens is that various waste/class of waste are classified and a number is assigned to it.

Waste generators are to segregate and store the waste they generated seperately according to the classification. Disposal is done through approved companies and charged according to the type of waste they generate. Waste from the lab. such as expired reagents etc. are disposed in a similar manner. In case of doubt, you can always check with the approved waste treatment or disposal companies.
 
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