The estimated disposable plastic associated with each COVID-19 RT-PCR test performed is 822 grams - including necessary PPE. This speaks to a sustainability goal shared by healthcare and life science alike - reducing biohazardous waste. Clinicians and researchers point to achievable steps to take now and achievements to strive for. Life science should listen in.
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Add operational resilience to the life sciences by targeting cold shipping waste
The concept of ‘operational resilience’ factors in the ways to keep working in changing conditions. As a biologist, you might think of it as applying the principle of adaptation to your lab work. Today’s blog shares simple and effective ways that you can add resiliency to cold shipping biologicals.
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...
Read MoreSmart and Sustainable Lab Glassware
Read about the virtues of glass, a material intimately linked with science. Then consider how a 1768 masterpiece expresses the many ways people view scientific progress. As a viewer you are met with the scientist's gaze that questions, should I or shouldn't I? And so today, we must also weigh the consequences of our work.
Read MoreFrom Biohazard Hysteria to Biohazard Recycling
Before clown hysteria, there was biohazard hysteria! Read about today's options for sustainable biohazard disposal.
Read MoreCase Study: Recycling Nitrile Gloves vs Single-use Latex
Replacing latex gloves with recyclable nitrile gloves is good for the environment and cost effective for labs
Read MorePoints of Waste in the Lab
Offhand, here are some easy points where you can begin to divert reusables from the landfill:
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