|Evacuated glassware||When glassware under vacuum breaks, the implosion may spray glass pieces around. So, any glass Dewar vessels or evacuated flasks must be covered with strong sticky tape, plastic netting or be metal shrouded.
Glassware under pressure is even more dangerous and should only be used with total containment.
|Broken glass and empty bottles||Broken glass or used disposable pipettes and other items, may be put only in waste bins labelled Sharps - this is for the safety of cleaning staff who empty waste bins.
Before they leave your laboratory it is vital that all bottles for disposal are treated in the following way:-
|Glassware for repairs||
Examples of bad practices
Sharps should be disposed in proper sharps bin, not with common rubbish.