US cardiac catheterization laboratories are throwing out a lot of paper and plastic waste that could otherwise be recycled, a single center’s experience suggests, indicating that there’s a big ...

Every experiment produces results—and byproducts. Plastics, solvents, and energy use add up quickly in research settings, but a growing number of laboratories are showing that waste doesn’t have to be ...

On average, from 2011 to 2021, academic labs generated around 4,300 metric tons of hazardous waste each year. One of the largest lab-used solvents discarded is dichloromethane and more than half of ...

Laboratories are vital hubs of scientific innovation. They’re also significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, through their reliance on single-use plastic consumables among other things.

GONE ARE THE DAYS when one could run even the smallest of reactions and dump the waste down the sink without a second thought. Increasing awareness of the safety and environmental hazards of dumping ...