Elkay Recycling Program

Introducing Our New Recycling Service in Collaboration with RecycleLab

Calibre Scientific and Elkay Laboratory Products are committed to innovation not only in our products but also in our sustainability efforts.Laboratories are essential for research and development across life sciences, but they also generate significant amounts of waste, especially in terms of consumables such as pipette tips, tubes, and microplates.

We strive to support laboratories in their efforts to work more sustainably. We have been offering laboratory recycling services for 10 years, enabling our customers to recycle their used polypropylene pipette tip racks, lids and packaging.

In collaboration with Recycle Lab, we are now able to offer a comprehensive new recycling service that allows you to dispose a wider range of your used laboratory consumables responsibly.

Our Most Comprehensive Recycling Service

Our new recycling service is simple and convenient. Here's how it works:

1.Identifying plastics to be recycled:RecycleLab can collect and recycle clean and sterile hard, rigid plastics such as pipette tips, centrifuge tubes and 96-well plates.

2.Sterilisation of plastics: Laboratory plastics are usually classed as ‘hazardous waste’ because of the chemical and biological agents that they come into contact with. However, once sterilised laboratory plastics are classed as ‘safe to handle’ and can be recycled. Laboratory plastics MUST be sterilised prior to being collected for recycling.

3.Collection of plastic waste: When the large recycling bin is full, the plastic waste is ready to be collected by RecycleLab. The plastic is taken to the RecycleLab sorting facility where it is sorted into the different types of plastics before being sent for recycling.

Please note that collection is currently unavailable in Scotland and North East England.

What Do We Recycle?

Download a comprehensive list here.

RecycleLab CAN accept centrifuge tubes, pipette tips, 96-well plates and plastic bottles.

RecycleLab CAN'T accept soft plastics, petri dishes with agar, soft plastic tubing, syringe filters and non-plastic items.

Ready to Make a Positive Impact?

Contact your Regional Account Manager today to discuss the individual requirements of your lab. Alternatively, you can download the Laboratory Plastic Recycling Guide for more information or email [email protected].

Join us in making a difference—one pipette tip at a time!