As a supplier of life science products, we’re focused on reducing waste—for ourselves and for our customers. When minimizing waste in the lab, every little bit helps. Did you know that we have criteria for what “less waste” means? We evaluate a product to determine whether or not it meets one or more of the following four criteria: it reduces the need to use other materials, it’s made with less material, it contains recycled content, or it contains content from renewable resources. For example, Invitrogen Cells-to-CT kits reduce plastic consumable waste by ~95% compared to traditional RNA extraction methods. So not only do these standards give us a concrete way to determine whether a product is sustainable, they allow our customers to use fewer resources, helping them to reduce costs.
With this in mind, we've put together a list of green solutions for less waste and "greenlight" our key products below.
Green Lab Solutions for Less Waste
Two things that are tough to change in a lab are established protocols and familiar reagents. But as a leader in providing researchers around the world with cell culture products, we know the importance of offering sustainable solutions. Therefore, over the years we’ve taken steps to dramatically reduce our collective carbon footprint, like designing the iconic Gibco boxy bottle or the One Shot 50 mL FBS bottle, with more green innovations being developed every day.
Whether it’s changing our packaging designs or the product formulation itself to be more environmentally friendly, we’re continually looking for ways to improve our world. Let’s work together to figure out how we can make cell culture more sustainable.
