School Facility Health & Safety

Ensuring a safe and healthy learning environment is essential. MLI Environmental partners with schools to assess air quality, chemical storage in schools, and hazardous waste disposal practices, helping educational institutions comply with safety standards and protect students and staff. Schedule a consultation with us to enhance safety at your school.

Chemical Waste Disposal Guidelines for Educational Facilities

Schools and universities across the U.S. rely on chemicals every day — from science labs and maintenance departments to art studios and nurses’ offices. But with these materials comes responsibility. Proper chemical waste disposal is essential not only for safety but also for compliance with EPA regulations and local environmental laws.

Hazmat School Safety Audits: Why Every Institution Needs Regular Assessments

When it comes to school safety, most institutions focus on emergency drills, secure entry points, and student behavior policies. But one critical area is often overlooked: the presence and management of hazardous materials. From science labs to janitorial closets, many schools unknowingly store or use substances that pose potential risks. That’s where a school safety audit becomes essential.

How to Craft an Effective Chemical Hygiene Plan for Laboratory Safety

Chemical Hygiene Plans (CHPs) are written safety programs required in laboratories that use hazardous chemicals, with the aim of protecting employees from chemical exposure. Mandated by OSHA under standard 29 CFR 1910.

Summer Break Projects in Your Facility

During the summer lull, your facility may have a scheduled shutdown or your school is free of students and other staff. These shutdowns are an excellent time to service equipment and to switch out fluorescent lights. This is also a great time be to properly carry out a chemical inventory and chemical disposal.

Summer Clean Out – School Haz Waste

Schools are getting out and this time of year and our time is dedicated to schools, both private and public, undergrad and university. MLI Environmental understands that as the school year winds down, so does the school budget.

How to Get Compliant – Chemicals in Schools

Let’s get compliant! If you read our last blog, we talked about the most common places to find hazardous chemicals in a school. Here we are going to give you tips on how to make your school compliant and solutions to potential violations. Science labs This was the most common place to find hazardous chemicals due to the nature of the chemicals used in Chemistry laboratory experiments.

Hazardous Chemicals In Your Schools

There are many areas within schools where you will be shocked to find hazardous chemicals. It could be an outside storage shed, closet, classroom, or maintenance area; it is likely there is an abundance of chemicals in your schools.

Chemicals – Safety in Your School

Growing up, you may have had fun going into chemistry class to learn about different chemicals. Discovering how chemicals interact with one another and what goes into their compounds. However, the thought of what happens to the chemicals that aren’t used or where the used ones get discarded probably never crossed your mind.