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UIS

Environmental Management System - EMS

Administrative Unit

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Colors by

Waste Type

Below is the classification of waste according to the color established by current regulations.

Waste Type

Colors

Basic Contens

NON-HAZARDOUS Unusable waste

BLACK

  • Napkins
  • Plasticized paper packaging
  • Sweep
  • Cigarette butts Icopor
  • Cigarettes
  • Carbon paper
  • Fax paper
  • Photo paper
  • Metallized paper
  • Self-adhesive paper
  • Cloth
  • Greased paper and cardboard
  • Dirty plastic containers
  • Plastic containers with food scraps

 

Waste Type

ColorsBasic Contens

NON-HAZARDOUS Unusable waste

WHITE

  • Cans

  • Plastic bags

  • Plastic cups and plates

  • Plastic bottles

  • Glass bottles

  • Cardboard

  • Paper

  • Folding

  • Dry newspaper

  • File

Waste Type

Colors

Basic Content

NON-HAZARDOUS Usable organic waste

GREEN

  • Food scraps

  • Pruning remains

Waste Types

Colors

Basic Content

DANGEROUS INFECTIOUS

Biosanitary

RED
  • Composed of crops.
  • Mixture of microorganisms.
  • Culture media.
  • Waste contaminated by blood or fluids (gauze, dressings, applicators, cottons, drains, bandages, wicks, gloves, blood transfusion bags, catheters, tubes.)
  • Laboratory equipment (capillary and test tubes, culture media, object carrier sheets and covers objects, lamellae, closed systems and seals of drains).
  • Disposable clothes.

Waste Type

Colors

Basic Content

DANGEROUS INFECTIOUS
 

Anatomopathological and animal

RED
  • Amputations.
  • Samples for analysis.
  • Human remains.
  • Residues of biopsies, parts and body fluids, animals or part of them inoculated with pathogenic microorganisms or carriers of infectious diseases.

Waste Type

Colors

Basic Contens

CHEMICAL HAZARDS

RED
  • Other chemical substances and their packaging or any other residue contaminated with them.

Post-consumer waste is the remains of products or equipment that, once used, are discarded and generally cannot be reused. The main waste collected at the different campuses of the University are:

The different headquarters of the University have a physical point for the disposal of special waste, in addition to that the administrative academic units can make the collection request by digitally filling out the FRF.63 special waste collection form to the ambiental@uis.edu.co email or by communicating to extension 2239, in order to make the delivery to the management company to give it the final disposal.

Do you want more information?

Contact Us

Environmental Management System – GHS

Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000

Extension: 2239

Mail:

ambiental@uis.edu.co

UIS Main Campus

Carrera 27 calle 9.

Edificio Logística, sexto piso.

Ciudad Universitaria. Bucaramanga, Santander

Universidad Industrial de Santander.

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Opening Hours:

Monday to Friday

7:00 a.m. to 12:00 m.

2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Do you want more information?

Contact Us

Environmental Management System – GHS

Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000

Extension: 2239

Mail:

ambiental@uis.edu.co

UIS Main Campus

Carrera 27 calle 9.

Edificio Logística, sexto piso.

Ciudad Universitaria. Bucaramanga, Santander

Universidad Industrial de Santander.

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Opening Hours:

Monday to Friday

7:00 a.m. to 12:00 m.

2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Do you want more information?

Contact Us

Environmental Management System – GHS

Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000

Extension: 2239

Mail:

ambiental@uis.edu.co

UIS Main Campus

Carrera 27 calle 9.

Edificio Logística, sexto piso.

Ciudad Universitaria. Bucaramanga, Santander

Universidad Industrial de Santander.

Icono del horario de atención

Opening Hours:

Monday to Friday

7:00 a.m. to 12:00 m.

2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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