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Biosurplus Helps Extend the Life Cycle of Laboratory Equipment
Kaitlyn Blake
Biosurplus Helps Extend the Life Cycle of Laboratory Equipment
Kaitlyn Blake

What is the best option to prevent E-waste? Reuse! High quality lab equipment should go to labs, not landfills! Learn how Biosurplus offers a smart and eco-friendly way to extend the life cycle of laboratory equipment for science.

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Kaitlyn Blake
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle for Research
Christine Alencar
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle for Research
Christine Alencar

University of Virginia scientists are enhancing their lab work space with money saving lab swaps, a new recycling program, and an eye on green procurement. In this syndicated post UVA Green Labs Specialist Christine Alencar spotlights UVA’s three part Green Lab event series on waste management.

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Christine Alencar
Webinar Laboratory Minimalism: productive, cost effective and eco-friendly
Nicole Kelesoglu
Webinar Laboratory Minimalism: productive, cost effective and eco-friendly
Nicole Kelesoglu

When you think of going "green" in the laboratory, does it sound like a distraction?  The truth is that there are big benefits to updating your lab material flow system.  There are good reasons why research institutions and corporations have re-invented how labs work to facilitate sustainability. Consider the following impact areas of laboratory waste.

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Nicole Kelesoglu

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List of 10 Life Science Lab Suppliers with Recycling services for End Users
List of 10 Life Science Lab Suppliers with Recycling services for End Users

Many scientific facilities are directing their scientists to utilize lab supplier recycling programs to help meet their sustainablility goals. The following list, with links, is meant to be a quick reference.  It may be incomplete.  Please send us the name of any other recycling program that you know of, and we will update this list.

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Faster DNA Synthesis without Hazardous Waste
Faster DNA Synthesis without Hazardous Waste

A great advance in DNA synthesis efficiency has just been reported in Nature Biotechnology, that also eliminates solvent hazardous waste requirement.

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CU Boulder Green Labs Case Study Webinar by AASHE
CU Boulder Green Labs Case Study Webinar by AASHE

Scientists from CU Boulder's Biochemistry Department are now saving over $250,000 yearly from their research budgets, by using a shared cell culture facility, instead of individual lab cell culture spaces.   It's a spectacular result and it makes sense!

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