In life science, it’s often plastic-polluted ecosystems that firm our resolve to limit the environmental impacts of our lab work. Let’s take a moment to recognize a new category of lab plastics as a welcome step forward in sustainability.
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Ways that Labs Can Reduce Plastic Packaging Waste
Plastic packaging often gets a bad rap (wrap?). And rightly so — approximately 5.5 million tons of plastic is produced annually in life sciences laboratories. While it provides essential protection and labeling for products, its impact on the environment calls for action. Fortunately, there are ways laboratories can reduce their waste from plastic packaging.
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Lab Reuse Strategies to Reduce Carbon Footprints
The shift to single-use plastics has grown dramatically in life science over time. Excitingly, a new study shares evidence that a balanced approach of reuse and single-use labware can reduce environmental impacts and costs.
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DNA and RNA Purification Kits
The eco-friendly design movement to cut waste while retaining or improving nucleic acid purification results is gaining traction. Learn about kits from three vendors.
Read MoreThe recently released TerraCycle centrifuge tubes & rigid lab plastics zero waste box
A lack of resin codes and local recycling services does not mean that rigid laboratory plastics are impossible to recycle. Learn behind-the-scene details on a new Zero Waste option from Terracycle in this interview.
Read MoreLoad bulk pipette tips into racks faster
Reusing pipette tip boxes by refilling pipette tips purchased in bulk and autoclaving has been going on in green biology labs forever. The drawback is the time it takes. Cheers and credit to easylabsolutions on youtube for demonstrating this 3D printed device!
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