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RE: The "plastic problem" of bioscience.
I really believe that self-responsibility is the way to go. Instead of throwing away some plastic, we could ask ourselves what to do with it. Can we give it a second life? Do we really need to throw it away.
We are trying to live like that at home, buying alternatives with less plastic. Of course, this is not that sustainable at the level of a lab, but maybe finding a second life for all this ustensiles could be the way to go? Or thinking about what we could do with them?
I agree when life at home is concerned.
In a biolab, things are much more complicated. Finding a second life for thousands of small reaction tubes is quite a task.
The tubes may also be contaminated with carcinogens, bacteria, or other reagents that make recycling difficult.
This issue doesn't have any easy solutions, especially among labs with low funding.
That, obviously, is a good part of the problem. Ty for commenting.