Even though lead-based paint is rarely used any more due to the health risk it poses to children, it can be found in many buildings and residences, on interior and exterior walls, windowsills and other surfaces. If your campus has buildings erected before 1950, you should be particularly concerned.

Renovations to older halls, for example, may generate paint waste that is considered hazardous and therefore subject to federal and state regulations. Scraping lead-based paint may also trigger requirements of the Lead at Work Regulations 1998 SI 543, Control of Lead at Work ACOP 1985 and The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 SI 3140

To find out more about environmental regulatory issues associated with disposal of paint residue and working safely with lead paint, continue through this section of the EVC tour.

DEFRA - Advice on Lead in Old Paint