A list of lab materials that can be recycled.

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Petri dishes made from Lab Cycle’s recycled lab plastics.

Start-ups and local programs are overcoming the barriers currently limiting large-scale recycling of plastic waste generated by labs

Recycling Lab Plastics: Success Stories

Article

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Lifetime of ‘Biodegradable’ Straws in the Ocean Is 8–20 Months, Study Finds

American Chemical Society

Switching to foam-based material could drastically reduce the amount of time straws spend biodegrading in the ocean

Lifetime of &lsquo;Biodegradable&rsquo; Straws in the Ocean Is 8&ndash;20 Months, Study Finds

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Polystyrene Upcycling

Wiley

Recovering valuable chemical building blocks from polystyrene waste

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Advanced technology, reuse, and reduction can be combined to make labs more sustainable

Reducing Lab Plastic and Reagent Waste

Product Focus

Scientists Develop Antimicrobial, Plant-Based Food Wrap to Replace Plastic

Rutgers University

Starch-based fibers enhance protection and reduce spoilage

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Polycarbin

Decarbonizing innovation: a closed-loop solution for scientific plastics

Lower Your Carbon Footprint Without Workflow Disruption with Remanufactured Lab Plastics

Webinar

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While Some Insects Are Declining, Others Might Be Thriving

Nanyang Technological University

Newly developed coating was able to break down contaminants on the plastic surface after a full day of UV light exposure

Long Lasting Anti-Fogging Coating for Plastic Surfaces That &lsquo;Self-Cleans&rsquo;

Leachable-Free Pipette Tips

Sartorius

Prevent chemical compounds from inhibiting cell-based, biochemical, and biological assays

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Move Beyond Policies to Build a Lab Culture Where Safety is Second Nature

Turning Safety Principles Into Daily Practice

End-to-end workflow from liquid biopsy sample to data analysis

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The Agilent Avida Duo workflow enables the detection of DNA variants and methylation markers from the same sample input, with a fast turnaround time. 

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Initiate your analysis from FASTQ files from LBx or methylation samples

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End-to-end workflow from liquid biopsy sample to data analysis. 

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Agilent Technologies

Multiomic Insights from Liquid Biopsy with Agilent Avida and SeqOne Platform

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A team of female pharmacists in the production laboratory uses a high-resolution liquid chromatography device or HPLC SYSTEM to analyze and prepare a new product.

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PerkinElmer

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SCIEX

Maximizing the Performance and Lifespan of Analytical Equipment

Rusty Bishop, PhD, chief commercial officer at TubeWriter.

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Plasticware