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.
An estimated 1.42 billion people live in areas of high water vulnerability, and labs use far more water than most people realise. Where it's actually going, and how to use less.
Established methods work, and that's exactly why nobody questions them. What actually makes a lab method sustainable, grounded in green chemistry's twelve principles.
After 1,670+ laboratories collecting over 100 tonnes of plastic, Starlab receives a research allowance from the German government for its TipOne® recycling programme.
