Dr Helen Liang is proud of her 100% recycled petri dish, the first ever made in the UK Scientists have opened the UK's first facility that can recycle plastic waste from research labs. Every year ...

Laboratories are vital hubs of scientific innovation. They’re also significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, through their reliance on single-use plastic consumables among other things.

Every year researchers use millions of pieces of plastic equipment. To avoid contaminating experiments, they are used once and then discarded. A new start-up company, founded by a graduate from the ...