Starlab’s drive to reduce the environmental impact of laboratory research has led to its nomination for ‘Sustainable Laboratory Product of the Year’ in the prestigious annual Scientists’ Choice Awards.
The nomination centres around the company’s TipOne Sterile Refill System, developed as a plastic-saving, cost-effective alternative to racked sterile tips, which still meets the high standards required for sterile tips and filter tips.
Klaus Ambos, CEO of Starlab International, said: “We are delighted to have been nominated in this important category. We focus strongly on sustainability and plan to ramp up our endeavours to ensure that sustainable thought and action becomes the standard.
“Sterile tips in racks produce large volumes of plastic waste, which in turn incurs a great deal of recycling costs. Our TipOne Sterile Refill System is not only the most cost-effective alternative to sterile tips, it’s also the most environmentally-friendly. Laboratories can considerably reduce their plastic waste and reuse their tip racks again and again in the sure knowledge that the sterility of the tips has not been compromised.”
The TipOne Sterile Refill System has been nominated in the ‘reducing consumables and reagents’ category of the ‘Sustainable Lab Product of the Year’ award. Nominations are collected by SelectScience editors, with the most popular nominations put to public vote. Scientists around the world have been casting their votes for the best lab products of the year for 15 years through the awards programme.
As well as being refillable, reusable and recyclable, TipOne tips are made in a factory powered completely by sustainable wind energy. The newest generation of tips also use up to 40 per cent less plastic in production than their equivalent older tips.
Recycling is just one green initiative launched by Starlab as part of its quest to help ensure laboratories, and the industry it operates in, have less impact on the environment. The company is also investing in researching and developing products which require less raw materials without affecting quality.
Scientists wishing to vote in the Scientists’ Choice Awards can do so here. Voting closes on December 2, 2022 and the winners will be announced shortly after. More details about Starlab’s products can be found here.
