Our Recent Projects

Pipette Tip Project

We have initiated a project of switching a large research institute to cardboard racked tips at a 20% lower cost than their current supplier which potentially frees up budget to implement recycling of hazardous plastic waste. The anticipated results of this project are a significant reduction in CO2e. Just switching to cardboard racks would save 60% plastic, but with recycling bags included to recycle the plastic insert and pipette tips there is a further saving of 75% CO2e plus a budget saving of around £8k. This budget could then be used to recycle lab plastics including flasks and centrifuge tubes etc. All this data will be captured for their LEAF submission.

Natural Lab Cleaner and Disinfectant Project

Enara Bio in Oxford have ran a thorough test of our Naturama Biocide, an environmentally safe and natural cleaner that has all the required British Standards and is a more sustainable alternative to hazardous lab cleaners. Enara used ATP swabs and analyser to swab lab waste before and after disinfection with Naturama to show it was equivalent or better than their current method. Previously hazardous lab plastic waste can now be collected for recycling and the Naturama is safe to dispose of – the results were so good that Recycle Lab have now adopted it for the SOP. 

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Waste Reduction Project

We are working with a leading private healthcare provider to implement the UK's first Envomed system which reduces the volume of waste by 80% and reduces the level from clinical to domestic – resulting in a forecasted 67% reduction in the cost of waste removal which gives a pay back on the instrument of just over a year. This would sit perfectly on a University campus, hospital site or science park and have the added benefit of reducing waste collections by 80%, reducing CO2 and congestion on campuses and hospital sites. 

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Consultation Project Example

We are working with an international agency to audit their UK and European sites, the project is yet to start but the plan is to provide a baseline through energy and purchasing data, forecast CO2e savings from the suggested changes and then implement the changes. The real life reductions will be captured to report back on the project – with the ideal situation that the product or process switches also provide a monetary saving which pays for the project, rendering the CO2e savings free! One of the big savings here is generating LN2 on site rather than having daily deliveries.

Biobank Project

This project involves swapping out older, less energy efficient ULTs for the latest generation of ultra low energy models offering a pay back in energy savings. The model involves a finance/lease arrangement to avoid upfront CAPEX, the payments for which is contributed towards by the savings made from lower energy usage. We have also performed an audit of the entire site and provided prices for renewable energy as well as proposals for on-site energy generation (solar / wind).

Efficient Purchasing Project

We have completed a number of these projects and they are by far the easiest to do – all that is required is 3 – 12 months purchasing data from the customer side and we do the rest. We can look for patterns of purchasing and make reasonable suggestions to bulk purchase which often reduces the cost but also drastically reduces the delivery CO2 – this works well with things like BioBins which are easy to store and don’t expire. The second thing we do is look for easy switches to renewable or plant based alternatives and the final thing is a carbon calculation as to what could be saved by recycling – that way customers can tell if it’s worth implementing BEFORE they do any work.

If you would like to discuss implementing one of the above projects in your lab or our range of sustainable products Contact Us