Laboratory Waste Management Programs have been established in several universities all over the world. These programs are important because they provide the understanding and protection of the environment, encouraging the waste generator's responsibility and, mainly, accomplishing sustainable practice in the laboratory, in accordance with the Agenda 21. In this context, based on a literature review, the present work discusses the subject, introducing some recommendations to be applied in universities. A questionnaire applied to researchers of this area shows important information about the start of the programs, mainly difficulties, among other cares. This study allowed the proposition of basic rules about the establishment of laboratory waste management.
Waste management; laboratorial wastes; chemistry security; environmental education