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An update from RecycleLab! We’ve just installed our new baler, a key step in improving our sustainability practices. We don’t just want to ask our customers to make changes to reduce their environmental impact, we know we also need to continually improve what we do, and this…

It’s Recycling Week 2025! Recycling isn’t just about what goes in your bin at home, it’s also about the hidden waste streams we don’t often see. In science and healthcare labs, millions of single-use plastics are thrown “away” every year… but where is away? In the science…

Myth vs Fact: Lab Plastics Edition! MYTH: Recycling won’t make a real environmental impact. FACT: Recycling every tube, pipette tip, and container reduces waste sent to incineration, prevents the release of toxic gases, conserves natural resources like fossil fuels, lowers…

At RecycleLab, we’re on a mission to tackle one of the science and healthcare sector’s biggest hidden problems: plastic waste. Our story began in the lab, where our founder saw first-hand just how many single-use plastics were being discarded and sent for incineration, with no…

Waste Audits Made Simple! Waste audits are one of the most useful tools for labs looking to understand their waste and they’re an extremely useful first step when setting up a recycling stream. A waste audit isn’t as daunting as it sounds. With just a few clearly labelled bins,…

How Our Values Shape What We Do at RecycleLab Over the past year, these values have continued to guide us as we’ve grown, launched new projects and services, and built stronger relationships across the sector. Here’s how our values show up in practice: Honesty: The Core of Our…

CircuLab Myth Busting: Recycled Polymers Aren’t ‘Second-Class’ Myth: Recycled polymers are lower quality and unsuitable for high-performance lab or manufacturing applications. Fact: While it’s true that mechanically recycled plastics can exhibit slightly reduced chemical,…

Did you know? Only 37% of plastic in the UK is recycled. That means the majority still ends up in landfill or incineration, contributing to carbon emissions and wasted resources. In science and healthcare, where single-use plastics are unavoidable, this challenge is even…

We’re launching our brand new Monthly Toolkit Email! Starting next Monday (and every first Monday of the month after that), subscribers will receive a free practical resource designed to help make labs greener and more sustainable. From practical tips to reducing waste in the…

A few weeks ago, we shared our optimism about the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) meeting in Geneva and the possibility of progress toward a legally binding plastics treaty. After 10 days of negotiations, INC-5.2 closed without consensus. While some progress was…

Setting up lab recycling has never been easier! Whether your lab produces one bag of plastic waste a month or twenty, our recycling service is designed to be simple, flexible, and low-effort for busy laboratories. ✅ No complex contracts ✅ No minimum volumes ✅ Just one…

Your lab might be more ready to recycle than you think! We’ve just launched our new Recycle Ready Check, a quick, 1-minute quiz that helps you discover how close your lab is to start recycling plastic consumables. In just a few clicks, you’ll: ✅ See the strengths your lab…

From 5th to 14th August, the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee is meeting in Geneva to draft a legally binding international agreement on plastic pollution. But what is it, and why does it matter? What is this? Since 2022, countries have been negotiating the terms,…

We have a fresh new look! You may have noticed some changes across our social media pages and website recently… RecycleLab has had a brand refresh! We’ve updated our logo and visual identity to better reflect who we are today, a growing, purpose-driven company working to build…

igh-quality recycled polymers, available now. At RecycleLab, we’re proud to offer our CircuLab polymers, high-quality recycled materials designed to close the loop on plastic waste. We currently have the following polymers available to sample: Flake: 🔹 Jazz PP 🔹 Natural PP…

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High-throughput lab processes = high volumes of single-use plastic waste. But what if that waste didn’t have to go to incineration or landfill? What if your pipette tips, plates, and tip boxes could be collected, recycled, and turned into new products, right here in the UK?…

From 5 Boxes a Day to 1 a Week – Cutting Lab Waste at Oxford The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at the University of Oxford is leading the way in making scientific research more sustainable. RecycleLab’s system has made a measurable difference in reducing waste In the…

Behind the Scenes: How Our Partnership Works with Lampadina Scientific Ltd We're proud to be working alongside Lampadina Scientific to make lab plastic recycling simple, scalable, and sustainable. 💬 “If you work in a lab (or listen to the Science and Healthcare Sustainability…

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Want to Understand Your Lab’s Waste Better? Let Us Help. At RecycleLab, we believe knowledge is the first step to sustainability. That’s why we offer in-depth Waste Audits designed specifically for science and healthcare labs. Here’s how our Waste Audit Service works: 1.…

Driving Lab Sustainability: Extracellular's Experience with RecycleLab. Before partnering with RecycleLab, the team at Extracellular faced a common challenge: recyclable scientific plastics were being sent straight to landfill or incineration because most waste services couldn’t…