Table 3 Six recommendations for improving sustainability in cancer research laboratories.
From: Towards greener and more sustainable pre-clinical oncology research
1 | Review and reconsider the standard methodology for SUP use within labs, communicate with other lab groups more frequently to identify a more defined pattern of waste management |
2 | When ordering, prioritise options with reduced or biodegradable plastic packaging |
3 | Where financially and methodologically feasible, consider biodegradable SUPs, especially for PS items |
4 | Establish defined diversion streams to teaching labs to reuse non-contaminated SUP |
5 | For non-reusable PP plastics, encourage donations to circular economies |
6 | Use waste as an asset by establishing rebate schemes with decontaminated SUPs and utilise packaging materials such as cardboard or EPS |
