Some simple ways to save plastic and money in the lab

Reuse whatever you can - label serological pipets, vacuum filters, etc with what you used them for, then use them for the same thing again.
Pipet strategically - low concentrations, then high concentrations of the same thing with the same pipet
Autoclave and reuse conical tubes
Use reusable glassware instead of plastic when possible
Use “waste” to make helpful lab gadgets like taping pipet tip refill racks together to make a PCR tube rack
You can find some nice resources at re-advance.com/, which is led by my friend from the IUBMB Trainee Initiative, Patrick Penndorf
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[@MegaSerega25]

You're full of energy, as always) Thank you for another good and useful video!)

[@toasty3984]

In my lab we always reuse everything we can. We literally wash 1.5 ml/2ml/5 ml eppendorf tubes and 15 ml/50 ml falcon tubes and use them over and over again until the plastic starts looking weird and scratchy. We use lots of glassware too. Probably the most ecologically conscious lab in the world lol but we do it solely out of saving money. I'm so tired of scrubbing the sediment out of small eppendorf tubes every time I wash up though 😂