SUSTAINABLE
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Practical Sustainability for Your Lab

Our mission at Sustainable Steps is to make laboratory sustainability practical, accessible, and achievable. Through education, we enable scientists, technicians, and lab leaders to take sustainable steps that reduce environmental impact while maintaining safety and research quality. By empowering laboratories to move beyond good intentions, we transform sustainability into meaningful, lasting change.

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Blogs: Greening the Bench

Choose Your Level: Reduce Water Waste with the right Purity

A guide through why selecting the right water level for your use is vital to reduce water waste in laboratories with actionable insights on how to make it happen in your lab.

Mar 103 min read

The Hum Stops Here: Save Energy by Turning Off BSCs

In a previous Greening the Bench post, Switch Off to Save: Tackling Plug Load in the Lab , we explored how small changes to equipment habits can cut energy use. This time, we’re focusing on biosafety cabinets, a crucial piece of lab equipment often left running 24/7. Simply switching them off when not in use can save energy without compromising safety. Understanding Biosafety Cabinets Biosafety cabinets (BSCs) are vital for protecting both samples and operators. They provide

Nov 11, 20253 min read

Experimentation Miniaturisation: Doing More with Less

In a previous Greening the Bench post, Rethink Before You Recycle: Tackling Lab Consumables Waste , we looked at how rethinking what we use can have a big impact on lab waste. This time, we’re taking that same mindset to the experimental scale itself, exploring how much can be saved, both financially and environmentally, by simply doing more with less. Whether you’re preparing buffers, culturing cells, or running chromatographic analyses, there’s often room to scale down. Min

Oct 27, 20252 min read

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Blogs: Sustainable Lab Solutions

Bio-Bin Review: A Paper-Based Alternative to Plastic Hazardous Waste Bins

Labs across the world use hundreds of single-use hazardous waste bins, most of which end up being incinerated. These bins are typically made of 100% virgin plastic, and contribute to waste costs, as well as building up a carbon footprint of their own, from production, to transportation all the way to incineration. We’re going to take a look at Bio-Bin®, a non-sharps hazardous waste container made from 96% paper based materials. Bio-Bin® claims to reduce your lab’s carbon foo

Feb 174 min read