Chemistry working to recycle waste acetone

Published: May 12, 2017

The Chemistry Department is now recycling waste acetone that is generated in teaching laboratories. Through conversations between the Chemistry Department and the university’s Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), it was discovered that the teaching labs at CU Denver could greatly benefit from reusing their waste acetone. EHS realized its recycler, which was infrequently used, would be an endless resource at CU Denver; so EHS donated the recycler to the Chemistry Department. Since January, Pam Nagafuji, Organic Chemistry Lab Coordinator, has recycled 260 liters of waste acetone, saving the department over $700. You can read more about the program here.