Retired stage drapery is not ordinary trash. This step-by-step procedure covers Rosco and Turning Star treated cotton and IFR fabric, the hazardous waste determination, state textile disposal bans, asbestos screening, safe removal from counterweight rigging, and a ready-to-use script for calling your waste hauler.
Performing arts programs generate hazardous waste including spent solvents, fluorescent lamps, batteries, and unknown chemicals. This article covers RCRA hazardous waste definitions, generator categories (VSQG, SQG, LQG), accumulation and labeling requirements, the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest, the Universal Waste Rule for lamps and batteries, and institution-level EH&S program integration.
