Drop off pipette boxes to be recycled into art & architecture! Support UVA’s Green Labs & JunkLabz in turning lab waste into learning. 🌱♻️🎨
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Green Labs is partnering with JunkLabz for a pipette tip box drop off event!
Who: Any UVA lab!
What: Clean and empty pipette tip boxes and inserts (no pipette tips!)
When: October 29th 9am-11am
Where: Pinn Conference Center, Ground 1 and 2
Why: This initiative is part of Green Labs ongoing commitment to reduce lab waste, support local recycling efforts, and enhance learning outcomes for UVA students. Find out more about how JunkLabz turns lab waste into artwork, provide continuing education opportunities, and advocation for thoughtful design processes at their website (www.junklabz.com).
At drop off, pipette boxes will be weighed and collected to be transported to the Milton recycling lab. Once there, they are shredded, and melted into plastic material! Currently an Architecture school course is working to design and create new pavilions for Morven farms that incorporate the recycled plastic!
Email greenlabs@virginia.edu with any questions