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Students, technicians, postdocs and lab workers at @ethzurich.bsky.social and UZH doing our part to make scientific research more sustainable 🧪🌱 www.greenlabzurich.uzh.ch/en.html

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Beyond Benign @beyondbenign.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
ICYMI: Our May newsletter is packed with professional development opportunities, community highlights, and resources to help educators bring #GreenChemistry into their classrooms and labs. 🌱🧪 Explore it here: us1.campaign-archive.com?u=2f6d95f69e...
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Irish Green Labs @irishgreenlabs.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Green certification programs like LEAF and My Green Labs allow labs to formally critique their own green profile. This article details measurable improvements in a biomedical facility following enrollment in My Green Labs. #sustainibility #greenlabs #greensky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Environmental Impact, Cost, and Acceptability of a Laboratory Sustainability Certification Program for Biomedical Research in an Academic Medical Center
The healthcare sector contributes considerably to greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Biomedical research within academic medical centers (AMCs) is p…
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Empa @empa-materials.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Green #hydrogen doesn't always have to be costly to produce. Empa researchers and partners develop materials for water electrolysis that are ✅efficient ✅cost effective ✅can be scaled up for industry use fcld.ly/protis-green-hydrogen #greenenergy #renewables #empamaterialsscience
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Beyond Benign @beyondbenign.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The fourth principle of #GreenChemistry, "Designing Safer Chemicals," states that chemical products should be designed to preserve their efficacy while reducing toxicity. 🧑‍🔬🧪 Learn more about the #12PrinciplesOfGreenChemistry: www.beyondbenign.org/about-green-... #ChemistryEducation
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Beyond Benign @beyondbenign.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
ICYMI: Our latest newsletter offers Earth Month resources, community updates, and new opportunities in the #GreenChemistry education field. 🌍🧪 Explore it here: us1.campaign-archive.com?u=2f6d95f69e... Sign up here to receive our monthly newsletter: www.beyondbenign.org/email-list-s...
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Happy #SustainabilityTipTuesday! Today we're talking reuse+disposal of cooling packs! ❄️ Fill empty space in ULT freezers 👋 Reach out to local groups who could use them (food banks, sports clubs, ...) 🔙 Contact supplier to see if they can be returned 🗑️ Dispose appropriately: tinyurl.com/4fc2hhcy
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Life Science Zurich @lifesciencezurich.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Equipsent aims to make the world a fairer & more sustainable place by creating a link between people who have unused equipment & those who would make use of it It’s upcoming General Assembly is the best occasion to get an insight into the association,the projects & to meet the team. equipsent.org
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Patrick Penndorf @patricks-science.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Risk of contamination should not stop you from reducing plastic waste! 🧪♻️ A case study shows how small optimizations can cut 65% of plastic waste in neuron transfection! All, without compromising sterility or workflow. Here’s how. 👇
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Maria Polychronidou @mpolychronidou.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
"Research can not only contribute to sustainability goals by addressing relevant scientific questions, but also by challenging the way science is done" Interesting read on lab plastic waste @emboreports.org ➡️ www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... #SustainableResearch #LabSustainability
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What’s in our bin?: Labs kick off and demand the transition towards a circular economy for lab plastics: EMBO reports: Vol 26, No 2
EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🚨New on Bristol Medical School's #Sustainability blog:🚨 ♻️From tupperware to temperature tracking: my journey towards a greener lab - by Idman Abdullahi Mohamed. 💡Top tips on reducing single-use plastic waste & greening laboratories! 👀Read the blog: tinyurl.com/bxk5pz2r #MedSky #Workplace
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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🧪 Lab plastic waste is a huge problem - but what can we do about it? 🥼 In our lab, we tested whether reusing and washing microtitre plates could help reduce waste. In some cases, it works! ♻️ 🌍 Read more here: buff.ly/XOGSX0q #greenlab #sustainability #openscience
Cartoon of a female scientist wearing a lab coat and safety goggles. She is holding a PCR plate and stands in front of a bin filled with more plastic waste. The bin has a recycling logo in it. Behind the woman is written "Can we reuse laboratory items to reduce plastic waste?"
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American Chemical Society @acs.org · 12/11/2025
Every lab can be a greener lab. 🌱 We’ve reimagined the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry as a modern poster you can hang where sustainable ideas take shape — classrooms, offices, labs, and wherever else you’d like to hang it. [1/6]
Using the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry to Safeguard People & the Planet
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Happy #SustainabilityTipTuesday from us to you! Single-use plastics make up a large proportion of #waste coming from labs. Check out our Greenlabs wiki for ideas on how to reduce plastic waste in the lab with simple tips and tricks! unlimited.ethz.ch/spaces/green... #greenlabs
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Reduce and reuse common consumables - GreenLabs - Confluence
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Beyond Benign @beyondbenign.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
♻️🌍 Waste Prevention is the first of the #12PrinciplesOfGreenChemistry, a framework for designing chemistry that protects human health & the environment. This principle reminds us that it is better to prevent waste than to treat & clean up waste after it is formed. buff.ly/zigxO6w
Green Beyond Benign graphic with a trash can icon and the text “1 Waste Prevention,” with “12 Principles of Green Chemistry” and the Beyond Benign logo at the bottom.
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ETH Dept. of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering @itetateth.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Exciting collaboration! D-ITET's Automatic Control Lab and Google are pioneering carbon-aware computing by shifting workloads between data centre locations. Sophie Hall and project lead Ana Radovanovic are proving that academic theory can drive real-world sustainability. ee.ethz.ch/news-and-eve...
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EMBL-EBI Training @training.ebi.embl.org · 03/02/2026
Have you ever paused and wondered about the many different ways in which computing infrastructure and activities impact the environment? @loiclnlg.bsky.social and our own Flaminia Zane have created a free guide dedicated to sustainable computing in science: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl... 🧬🖥️📊🌱
EMBL-EBI Training. Sustainable computing in science: an introduction to the environmental impacts of computational research.  This course has been developed in collaboration with the Cambridge Sustainable Computing Lab at the University of Cambridge. It was supported by funding from the Wellcome Trust Foundation and the University of Cambridge.
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Patrick Penndorf @patricks-science.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Bioplastics for the lab are finally here! But there’s a big problem — few people actually know what bioplastics are. Here’s what you need to know 🧵👇
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Mara Duncan @mcduncanlab.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
Sustainability tip for yeast labs: when replica plating you can combine two different dissection plates into one replica plate. This will reduce the number of plates you use by almost ½. Here’s how: 🧵/1
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Irish Green Labs @irishgreenlabs.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Very interesting article outlining good evaluation practice for sustainability assessments of analytical methods. Many tools are available in this rapidly expanding field. Hopefully these assessments can be come embedded in all lab settings. #greensky #greenchem. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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How to correctly evaluate greenness, whiteness and other “colours”? Introducing general rules of a good evaluation practice
In analytical chemistry, the use of dedicated metrics for assessing greenness, whiteness and other “colours” of new methods is becoming very popular. However, does this entail an increase in the overa...
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Patrick Penndorf @patricks-science.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
This post might change how you do your PCRs Potentially saving you 46% time, 50% money, and 38% plastic waste In short: DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2024.01.013 In more detail in the thread below:
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A concept known as Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) has recently begun spreading through the chemical sciences. This approach has roots firmly planted in green chemistry. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
How a simple form can make labs safer and more sustainable
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
If your lab is winding down for the holidays, remember to 💡 switch off incubators, shakers, and other equipment - they need their rest too!
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Sustainability & Circularity NOW @suscircnow.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Did you know that 85 million tons of paper are wasted each year globally? This equates to over 1 million trees being lost to paper waste. In this sustainability tip, we have compiled a few examples of changes that can be made in the office to encourage a more #sustainable space! #SCNOW #Recycle
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Nicolas Gendron @gendronn.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
💡How to Save Water in the Lab ? ➡️ 10 Practical Sustainability Tips for Scientists #MyGreenLab mygreenlab.org/the-beaker-b...
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How to Save Water in the Lab: 10 Practical Sustainability Tips for Scientists | My Green Lab - Education
Discover 10 practical ways labs can cut water waste, reduce costs, and boost sustainability without compromising science.
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Informationsdienst Wissenschaft - idw @idw-online.de · 16/07/2025
Über 8 Kilogramm Abfall pro Patient*in im Krankenhaus Erste Benchmark-Studie zum Krankenhausabfall legt Grundlagen für Kreislaufwirtschaft... weiterlesen
Die erste deutschlandweite Benchmark-Studie zur Abfallentstehung in Krankenhäusern liefert wichtige Erkenntnisse für mehr Nachhaltigkeit im Gesundheitswesen. - Copyright Hochschule Pforzheim
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Cal Innes @cal-innes.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
If any of you are interested in making digital practice in FE & Skills more sustainable, then please join our FREE online Digital Sustainability Community - open to anyone working in the Further Education. Next meetup: Tues 11 Nov, 2pm. Share ideas, challenges & resources. Please share x
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FE and skills digital sustainability community - Jisc
A group for those working in further education and skills to come together and share information and good practice around digital sustainability.
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Patrick Penndorf @patricks-science.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
The result? ✅ 45+ concrete opportunities for greener practices What made this work? Enthusiasm + positivity. Here is my full list of sustainable actions: re-advance.com/a-list-of-su...
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A List of Sustainable Practices – https://re-advance.com/science-and-sustianability/
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Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences @ndcnoxford.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
#LEAF is a sustainability standard designed to help research groups reduce environmental impact.🌱 As an efficient lab = a sustainable lab, here are 3 top tips to save resources and avoid waste from Molly and Sylvia in our MacLaren and Xue labs...🧵 #EarthDay
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Making your lab more sustainable – top tips for LEAF accreditation
Need inspiration on how to start working towards your lab ‘LEAF’ accreditation? We spoke to DPhil students Sylvia Franklin and Molly John from the MacLaren and Xue Labs respectively, who led a recent…
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Patrick Penndorf @patricks-science.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
If you care about sustainability, these numbers you need to know - let's make it super quick: These numbers are hard to come by but: Centrifuge: 4.2 kWh Incubator: 0.04–0.9 PCR Cycler: 0.2–2 Thermomixer: 0.11 E-pipette: 0.01–0.05 #GreenLab #STEM #Sustainability
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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 29/09/2025
Do you have an idea that could make research more environmentally sustainable? Get up to £10,000 to develop your project and help increase sustainable lab practices. Find out more ➡️ rsc.li/sustainable-labs-grant #ChemSky
Promotional image for the Royal Society of Chemistry's Sustainable Laboratories Grant 2025. Illustrated scene of diverse scientists working in a lab, with textual details encouraging innovative thinking in science. 'Find out more' invitation included.
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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 18/09/2025
The Sustainable Laboratories Grant 2025 is open! Apply for up to £10,000 to support projects that improve sustainability in lab practice – we’re accepting applications till 6 October 2025. Apply today: rsc.li/sustainable-labs-grant
Promotional image for the Royal Society of Chemistry's Sustainable Laboratories Grant 2025 featuring diverse scientists working in a vibrant laboratory setting. Quote from Christina Picken, University of Manchester, praising the grant process.
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Doing the basics well (not just shiny tech/gadgets) is a huge part of reducing emissions & we need to recognise + embrace that. We have just tested a simple change to the hot water system in a big university building & it reduces energy use by ~20%. Users won't notice. Yay for the simple stuff!
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Happy #SustainabilityTipTuesday! This week, we want to encourage any of you who help to organise meetings, workshops and conferences to consider offering a virtual option to reduce travel-related emissions ✈️
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Happy #SustainabilityTipTuesday - today, we want to shamelessly promo our new LinkedIn page, which you can find and follow here: www.linkedin.com/company/gree...
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Greenlab Zürich | LinkedIn
Greenlab Zürich | 15 followers on LinkedIn. Making scientific research more sustainable | We are a group of scientists on different levels based on Zürich, aimed at raising awareness and reducing the ...
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Beyond Benign @beyondbenign.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Students are leading the charge for #GreenChemistry education at @queensuglobal.bsky.social. 👏🌱 Q-ACS helped bring the Green Chemistry Commitment to the Department of Chemistry and launched programs like “Which Is Greener?” to advance sustainable science on campus. Read more. buff.ly/xfvJDAt
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From Our Community: How Student Leadership Helped Bring the Green Chemistry Commitment to Queen’s University
The Queen’s University International Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society is advancing green chemistry through the Green Chemistry Commitment and other initiatives.
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
This #SustainabilityTipTuesday, we want to share this great read about improving efficiency in the lab to further sustainability efforts! Take a look 👇 febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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As interest in sustainability grows, many researchers raise questions about changing scientific practices. To enable effective change, we reconceptualize sustainability as an approach that optimizes ...
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Sustainability & Circularity NOW @suscircnow.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
We are excited to share this review by Gabriela T. Quadros and coworkers on Bio-Based Green Solvents in Organic Synthesis! 🔗 www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo... #SCNOW #SDGs #SustainableSolvents #BioBased #Synthesis
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Happy #SustainabilityTipTuesday! Today, we encourage you take action on reducing water use in the lab, with the help of this great resource 👇💧
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
It's always a good time to think about your chemistry protocols - could you replace harmful chemicals like TFA with something more benign? #SustainabilityTipTuesday
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
If you're taking some time out of the lab 🏖️, make sure to switch off🔌your computer (+screens!) and any other equipment you won't be using to save energy ⚡💡 #SustainabilityTipTuesday
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Happy #SustainabilityTipTuesday! Today, we encourage you to collect and reuse plastic bags that come with consumables, kits and other lab materials. These can have a second life as bin liners, or for storing/shipping materials. #greenlabs
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
This week's #SustainabilityTipTuesday is all about measuring the impact of your actions - as scientists we are convinced by data, and putting numbers on sustainability improvements can help to keep motivation high! Nice example of this below 👇
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Happy #SustainabilityTipTuesday! This week we encourage reflecting on the environmental impact of work that you do, perhaps in the framework of a life cycle analysis - nice example below!
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Happy #SustainabilityTipTuesday ! Today we want to share this nice overarching graphic about how us scientists can make a difference in sustainability - both inside and outside the lab 🌱
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Happy #SustainabilityTipTuesday ! Today we remind you that choosing plasticware that fits your experimental needs can help to minimise waste 🗑️
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Does your lab have *that one room* where the light is always on, even if nobody is in there? Reminders like these can help to save energy by switching off the light 💡 #SustainabilityTipTuesday #greenlabs
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Another #SustainabilityTipTuesday about computation - this time, raising awareness about simulation efficiencies! If you run a lot of simulations, making sure they are efficient can have a big effect on their environmental impact 🖥️🌱 #sustainablelabs #greendisc
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
For #SustainabilityTipTuesday we want to echo this message about donation and repair, with a shout-out our friends at EquipSent (equipsent.org) who connect labs and enable donation of functional equipment 🤗♻️ #sustainablelabs
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What does EquipSent do? Did you tidy up your lab and (re)discovered unused scientific equipment? Do you need some space? Do you need to get r
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This week's #SustainableTipTuesday is about computation - did you know there is a version of AlphaFold that uses 95% less energy than the regular version? Take a look below💡 #greenlabs
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
For #SustainabilityTipTuesday this week, we encourage you to review your chemical use, keeping in mind principles of #greenchemistry to find more sustainable 'solutions' 😉🧪
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