Some simple ways to save plastic and money in the lab

Reuse whatever you can - label serological pipets, vacuum filters, etc with what you used them for, then use them for the same thing again.

Pipet strategically - low concentrations, then high concentrations of the same thing with the same pipet

Autoclave and reuse conical tubes

Use reusable glassware instead of plastic when possible

Use “waste” to make helpful lab gadgets like taping pipet tip refill racks together to make a PCR tube rack

You can find some nice resources at https://re-advance.com/, which is led by my friend from the IUBMB Trainee Initiative, Patrick Penndorf

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