American Chemistry Council Renews Partnership with the Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign

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ACC and EPA renew the partnership between ACC's Responsible Care Program and SC3.

Mr. Cal Dooley, CEO and President of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and Matt Hale, Director of EPA’s Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, participated in a signing event to renew the Partnership Agreement between ACC’s Responsible Care Program and EPA’s Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign (SC3). ACC was the first national SC3 partner, signing on in 2007, to facilitate responsible chemical management in K-12 schools throughout the country. The signing event was held on May 8, 2009, in the Arlington Public Schools (APS) Learning Center, Arlington, Virginia.

"ACC is pleased to be an ongoing part of this important initiative," stated Cal Dooley, President and CEO of the American Chemistry Council. "ACC members and Responsible Care Partners have made tremendous progress helping schools manage chemicals responsibly and are uniquely positioned to work with federal and state partners to inform school staff how to implement effective and efficient chemical management."

"The American Chemistry Council is at the forefront of responsible chemical management," said Matt Hale. "SC3 partners such as ACC are taking proactive steps to keep our schools safe, so our children can learn and grow into tomorrow’s leaders."

Matt specifically commended ACC for the recent work they performed for APS: lab packing and consolidating for disposal several potentially dangerous facility maintenance chemicals as well as some chemicals from art departments. As the finale of the event, ACC presented a check for $5,000 to the Superintendent of Arlington Public Schools earmarked for teacher and staff refresher training in responsible chemical management.

Many schools or school districts do not have experience with all aspects of responsible chemical management, so SC3 encourages partners from industry, the community, academia and others to get involved in helping schools in their area. They sign a Partnership Agreement that commits them to facilitate responsible chemical management in K-12 schools. Partners, such as ACC, can help a school to:

Arrange for and assist with cleanouts of outdated, unknown, or unneeded chemicals;
Develop a chemical management program;
Provide technical expertise in unfamiliar areas, such as how to request proposals from waste management firms;
Establish procedures and a system to track the purchase, storage, and disposal of chemicals;
Develop and conduct chemical management training; and
Recruit other organizations to become partners.

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