There are instructions for potassium lactate disposal here
<http://ehs.umc.edu/documents/ChemicalFormandDisposalInfo10-20-06.pdf>
Trivium of the week: in European terms it is substance E326 for addition
to sterilised, pasteurised and UHT cream ...
Jane Wickenden
Historic Collections Librarian
Institute of Naval Medicine
Alverstoke
023 9276 8238
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.5724
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Subject: Re: Leather dressing
If you have a Chemistry Dept at UU Coleraine they would probably know
how to dispose of them. If not, perhaps there is a college with one
nearby.
Bill.
At 14:54 22/05/2007, you wrote:
>Dear all
>
>The library here at UU Coleraine is undergoing a major building
>project, during the course of which I have discovered a bottle of
>British Museum leather dressing and another marked 75 w/v potassium
>lactate solution. I know they are well over twenty years old. Does
>anyone want them? No, just kidding. My real question is, does anyone
>know how to dispose of them safely? I imagine down the sink is not an
option!
>
>Joe
>
>Joe McLaughlin
>University Archivist and Rare Books Curator
>Information Services Department
>University of Ulster
>Coleraine
>BT52 1SA
>Northern Ireland
>028 70324671
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