Chemical  ReUse  Facility  Expansion  Project  Lecture  Bo*le  Program  

We Imagine and Innovate UC  Berkeley  had  no  program  in  place  to  allow  for  compressed  gases,  even  those  which  are  unused  or  hardly  used  and  in  excellent  condi?on,  to  be  reused  by  other  researchers  on  campus  who  have  a  need  for  the  same  product.    Once  a  researcher  has  purchased  a  compressed  gas  cylinder  for  research  purposes  and  no  longer  has  need  of  it,  whether  it  has  been  used  or  not,  the  only  recourse  available  to  that  researcher  is  to  store  it  as  part  of  his  chemical  inventory  indefinitely  or  to  arrange  for  its  disposal  (return  to  the  manufacturer  is  usually  not  possible  for  lecture  bo*les).      The  risk/benefit  of  developing  a  ReUse  program  for  compressed  gases  has  historically  been  prohibi?ve  due  to  logis?cal  and  space  restraints.    The  College  of  Chemistry  has  now  allo*ed  dedicated  lab  space  for  this  desirable  program  and  has  ouIi*ed  it  with  a  toxic  gas  storage  cabinet  designed  &  engineered  for  the  safe  storage  of  lecture  bo*les  and  the  safety  of  those  occupants  working  nearby.    

We Include and Excel Together Collabora?on  between  the  UCB’s  Office  of  Sustainability  and  the  College  of  Chemistry  EHS&S  Program  demonstrates  how  our  aligned  interests  can  be  achieved  through  coopera?on  and  mutual  support.    Not  only  do  our  researchers  benefit  (as  well  as  the  environment  at  large),  but  our  undergraduate  student  assistant  members  have  also  played  key  roles  in  helping  to  implement  this  new  “green”  capability  into  our  Chemical  ReUse  Facility  opera?on.    A  win  /  win  /  win  for  everybody!