It’s no secret that laboratories produce a lot of waste. In fact, it's estimated that every year the plastic waste alone from labs could cover an area 23x the size of Manhattan ankle deep. And while much of this waste is hazardous, a lot of it isn't - anything that can be thrown in the trash has the potential to have a different end of life.
In honor of Earth Month, team My Green Lab shared a few of their favorite environmental books, movies, and shows, listed below, to help inspire your sustainability journey!
This year's International Freezer Challenge now has over 150 labs from 18 different countries participating in this year's competition. Amazing!
They lurk in hallways and equipment rooms, ever-present, ever-consuming, absolutely essential to the vast majority of scientific research endeavors, and yet usually neglected unless they cause trouble. Laboratory refrigerators and freezers should be recognized for what they are: incredibly useful tools and also outsized energy consumers.
