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 ...

Adding to a run of student-led recycling programs at UC Santa Barbara, fourth-year undergraduate students Kaili Mikami and Lauren Buyalos are helping combat the rising tide of discarded plastics in ...

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 ...

Hazardous waste as defined by the EPA is waste that is dangerous or potentially harmful to our health or the environment. Hazardous wastes can be liquids, solids, gases, or sludges. All hazardous ...

An investigation conducted by the Maroon from April 26 to 29 found quantities of discarded lab waste, including potentially infectious waste, outside several research facilities on campus. In selected ...

Meeting the increasing demands of the global food supply chain while maintaining food safety and testing requirements involves significant levels of natural resources, often leading to large amounts ...