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Sep 2026
From waste to resource: The untapped value of the separate collection of single-use laboratory plastics to enable recycling
In the face of the sustainability crisis, scientific laboratories, as resource-intensive units, must conduct research more sustainably. They are estimated to produce 5.5 million tonnes of plastic waste per year. Clearly, there is a need for greater circularity: Reduce-and-reuse frameworks for laboratory plastics exis...
Bianca R. Schell, Ann-Katrin Emmerich, Arooba Nazneen et al.
· PLOS Sustainability and Tran... · 2 citations