Laboratory Products
LABORATORY CONSUMABLES DON
Dec 05 2007
Author: Carole Staniford on behalf of Anachem
Increasing responsibility is being placed on laboratories to reduce the amount of waste that they dispose of. The adoption of waste minimization by the research and educational community carries with it a tremendous potential for designing pollution out of future industrial processes, right in the lab. Good pollution prevention practice will develop an awareness of proper waste management and help raise a new generation of environmentally conscious scientists, technicians, clinicians and engineers. Laboratories have unique waste management problems.Waste volume is not large compared to the typical industrial operation, but the diversity of wastes is considerable. It may include hazardous chemicals, biological materials, glass and sharps that require specialist means of disposal. However, the more basic issues of paper and plastic disposal are also paramount as these usually end up in landfill sites. Pollution prevention should be as much a part of laboratory work as scientists
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