Can you verify how your laboratory supplies and equipment contribute to your sustainability goals? Start becoming an informed consumer by reading this interview with My Green Lab Director, Allison Paradise, about their newest project, the ACT labels.
Read MoreWhat Does "Green Chromatography" Yield?
Subjects, such as resource optimization or better energy usage, have arrived in the laboratory. What does this mean for the most important separation method, chromatography? An inventory shows the amount of optimization potential in the technology that is more than 100 years old.
Read MoreInnovation Reported in Science for Recycling Plastics
Good news in Science! Chemistry and Chemical Biology researchers have invented new method that will revolutionize plastic recycling.
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New England Biolabs scientists use a biohazard waste recycling program that is safe, sustainable and smart.
Sustainable Lab Safety with Triumvirate Environmental
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!
Read MoreLab Recycling with TerraCycle’s Zero Waste Boxes
Laboratory Managers Can Improve Internal Sustainability by Recycling Gloves, Pipet Tips, Tubes, Glassware, Film Packaging and More...
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3D Printed Lab Equipment
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!
Read MoreEco friendly Plasmid Miniprep, PCR purification and Gel Extractions kits
Molecular biologists appreciate how the sustainably sourced, DNA purification Monarch kits produce optimal results
Read MoreGrant Awarded to Study Net Environmental Benefit of Lab Glove Recycling
Grant awarded to analyze the impact of laboratory glove recycling at MIT.
Read MoreiGEM Goes Green
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!
Read MoreHow to Get the Highest Energy Savings in your Laboratory with a Fume Hood Retrofit Kit
Did you know that one laboratory fume hood uses as much energy in a year, as three average U.S. homes combined? Approximately 60% of laboratory energy bills go to HVAC systems that compensate for fume hoods.. Improvements to fume hoods represent a gigantic, green potential for cost savings in laboratory sustainability initiatives. This blog post is meant to explain how to get the best return on investment in your specific laboratory setting.
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