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PhD student, Laurie Gray, sets up an experiment in the Hammerskjöld-Rekosh Lab on the seventh floor of Pinn Hall. Their lab participates in vendor polystyrene reuse programs.
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.
Read MoreGood 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.
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 MoreLaboratory Managers Can Improve Internal Sustainability by Recycling Gloves, Pipet Tips, Tubes, Glassware, Film Packaging and More...
Read MoreHave some intellectual fun today for a good cause! Take New England Biolab's Monarch® kits Upcycling Challenge to win either $1,000 in NEB product credit or a $1,000 donation to the charity of your choice. NEB will be donating $10 per submission to the Monarch Joint Venture whose mission is to conserve the monarch butterfly population.
Read MoreGot used lab equipment? Support your scientific colleagues around the world by using Seeding Lab's easy donation process!
Read MoreAnnouncing the UChicago Greenlabs web site! PhD graduate student Erin Fry updates us on their efforts collecting nitrile gloves for Rightcycle.
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Dr. Lisa Anderson was kind enough to grant me an interview with her about her experience setting up lab glove recycling programs. Our hope is that this information will present a "how to guide" for launching lab glove recycling programs at university laboratories. Check list and case study poster provided.
Read MoreLabconscious is an open resource for biologists to support sustainability and green laboratory work to reduce the environmental footprint of bench science.
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