Academic research labs generate an estimated 5.5 million tonnes of plastic waste a year. What genuinely reduces it, and why recycling alone was never going to be enough.
Recycling
A quick overview of six common laboratory waste types and their fate after leaving the lab, and why reducing matters more than recycling.
| Août 06, 2025
Following successful production start in Germany in January, Starlab begins sale of the first TipOne® racks made with recycled TipOne® plastic.
| Novembre 13, 2024
Starlab's sixth annual Sustainability Weeks saw over 100 laboratories across Europe participate, up from 85 in 2023, attracting around 3000 participants in total.
| Novembre 06, 2024
The 7th Starlab Sustainability Weeks focused entirely on the circular economy in laboratories, with events spanning Europe from clean-ups to LEGO recycling demos.














