1. 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!