Good news in Science! Chemistry and Chemical Biology researchers have invented new method that will revolutionize plastic recycling.

Today's Labconscious interview is for laboratory researchers interested in an easy to use and eco-friendly red bin system. Our thanks to Ian Lanza who is a regional life science director for Triumvirate Environmental, a provider of turnkey environmental and hazardous waste management services to education, healthcare, industrial, and life sciences labs...including New England Biolabs!

Laboratory Managers Can Improve Internal Sustainability by Recycling Gloves, Pipet Tips, Tubes, Glassware, Film Packaging and More...

Hundreds of open source 3D printer designs for lab equipment are available online that can reduce your lab set up costs in a sustainable way.  These items include microscopes, micro pipettes, centrifuges, gel electrophoresis systems and many lab hacks!

Molecular biologists appreciate how the sustainably sourced, DNA purification Monarch kits produce optimal results

Grant awarded to analyze the impact of laboratory glove recycling at MIT.  

The “iGEM goes green” initiative has provided their first GoGreenGuide online, which includes sustainability recommendations for ecofriendly lab work, including tools like a carbon footprint calculator.  Read it before the iGEM conference in Boston this November!