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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An epicenter of groundbreaking research, the University of Wisconsin constantly produces new findings in many areas, from chemistry to plant pathology. But while these labs vary in research topics, ...

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 ...

New plastic recycling bins were implemented in UC Berkeley’s Br-Ün Lab on Monday, sparking wider conversation on nonhazardous waste reduction in campus research labs. Helen Vander Wende, a campus ...

Thomas Worthington High School 2023 graduate Ruby Culp said while touring the Columbus College of Art and Design — also known as CCAD — in October 2022, she knew she wanted to have her work published ...