Sustainable Lab of the Month Award
Become our Sustainable Lab of the Month
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Use our calculators to target the most impactful changes
Set your sustainability goals
Implement changes in your lab
We will measure the savings in CO2e and budget
The biggest saver will win sustainable lab of the month and get entered into our Sustainable Lab of the Year Award
Some tips to get you started...
REDUCE your plastic consumption by switching to plant or renewable based products
RE-USE cleaning product containers - refilling from 1,000L IBCs
RECYCLE your lab plastics with - Recycle Lab
REMOVE delivery CO2e of gasses by producing them on site with generators
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January 2025 Winner - CRUK Manchester Institute Stores
Congratulations to Mr Andrew Lloyd and his team in reducing the carbon footprint of all the labs at The CRUK Manchester Institute by switching from heavy, plastic clinical waste bins to cardboard Bio-Bins, saving an impressive 7,125kg of CO2 (estimated). This change is set to save researchers essential budget due to the lower cost per bin of the cardboard alternative, budget that can be used to support their crucial work to find a cure for various cancers. By purchasing Bio-Bins in pallet quantities, with delivery directly from Econix in the UK, the stores further reduced the carbon footprint and cost of laboratory waste - well done Andrew and team!
February 2025 Winner - Enara Bio
We are delighted to announce that Enara Bio are our Sustainable Lab of the Month after the successful trial of hazardous plastic laboratory waste recycling.
Enara not only implemented the recycling of lab plastics using the Recycle Lab system, but further reduced their carbon footprint by trialing the use of natural and eco-friendly Biocide; Naturama.
Using ATP swabs and an analyser they showed the successful disinfection of their used plastics using the natural product in replacement of harmful and potentially dangerous chlorine based products.
Enara can now recycle used laboratory plastic consumables such as serological pipettes, pipette tips and flasks, great job Veronika Pulkowska and Elisa Seramondi and the team at Enara Bio!
March 2025 Winner - CRUK Manchester Institute Stores
They have done it again - this time with cardboard sharps bins! Having already implemented Bio-Bins into their waste streams Facilities Manager Andrew Lloyd wasn't content with the plastic and carbon saving he had already made and moved on to tackle the plastic sharps bins the labs burn through day in day out. By working with Lampadina Scientific to calulate the carbon saving from changing to Eco-Sharps Andrew got buy in from his colleagues to make another sustainable change saving and estimated 5,000kg of CO2e - well done Andrew!
August 2025 Winner - Cardiff University
Our August winners were Cardiff University for the incredible work they have done testing natural alternatives to common lab disinfectants. Both Naturama and Hygieia-San outperformed the other products tested by Fiona Ruge, Senior Research Technician from the Cancer and Genetics department.
Fiona’s cleverly designed experiment established a baseline reading from tissue culture flasks containing breast cancer cells which were then treated with a range of chemical disinfectants at 2, 6 and 12 hour time points
Both eco-friendly products outperformed their competitors at the 2 hour mark!
Thank you Fiona for completing the study and giving other scientist the confidence to go green! Download the report here
September 2025 Winner - PCR Biosystems
PCR Biosystems are passionate about sustainability and are leading the way in PCR innovation, developing high-performance reagents that simplify research and drive diagnostics forward. By introducing Recycle Lab recycling boxes, they’re cutting the carbon footprint of plastics used in their R&D lab by up to 74% compared to incineration. Recycling has always been important to PCR Biosystems and they successfully implemented another system in the lab to great effect. However, PCR Biosystems dedication towards sustainability lead them to search for a better fit. Thanks to the dedication of Lab Manager Elise Forster, the team can now implement nearly six times as many recycling boxes within the same budget, while also being able to recycle a much wider range of decontaminated plastics.
Congratulations to PCR Biosystems for finding a smarter, more sustainable way forward and continuing to put the environment at the heart of their work