Help - Inventory: disposals

Once a stock items is empty or no longer needed, it can be disposed of.  The stock owner or a user of the lab with the stock taker role is able to dispose of stock, along with dept admin and admin users.

To dispose of stock

view the lab with the stock


click the dispose button. The screen will update and give 3 options:

• if the stock is non-hazardous, simply click the dispose - empty button
• if the disposal is of hazardous waste, click the dispose - hazardous waste button
• to canel the disposal, click cancel

Clicking cancel will return you to the active stock listing. 

The dispose - empty will mark the stock as disposed and show a confirmation.  It will remove the stock from the active stock list. Disposed stock can be viewed using the view disposed stock button on the active stock list.

Hazardous waste requires further action.

Dispose - hazardous waste

if the item you are disposing of is considered hazardous, additional steps need to be taken.

•  click the dispose - hazardous waste button

The screen will update to show you the stock information. 

• select the EWC code
• search then select the appropriate UN no

For a first disposal in a consignment

• select create new consignment. 

if you have previously created an assignment

• select the consignment from the dropdown

click save

The stock item will be marked as disposed and added to the consignment.