Boston Area Life Science Labs
Servicing Labs In Academia and Industry
Massachusetts single-stream recycling haulers do not accept most plastics from laboratory spaces as they are considered ‘medical waste’. If items such as pipette tip boxes make it to the floor of the large-scale recycling facilities, they are often picked out from the line and discarded as trash. By collecting these lab plastic items separately from other recyclables, GreenLabs Recycling is able to ensure the cleanliness of the stream and create a valuable resource of single-resin plastic ‘regrind’ to be used again in the plastic molding manufacturing process.
GreenLabs Recycling makes it easy to recycle most brands of tip boxes and other lab plastics that are not accepted in typical recycling programs. Contact us today for a quote.
What areas do you serve?
Our current service area includes most cities in the Greater Boston area, including Andover, Beverly, Boston, Cambridge, Danvers, Medford, Natick, Somerville, Waltham, and Watertown. If your business is located here, reach out to us!
If you are outside this area, we are working on expanding, so keep checking in, and send us a message if you want to have our services where you are located!
Do you collect more than just pipette tip boxes?
Can I mail you my pipette tip boxes?
How big are your collection bins?
What We Collect From Boston Area Labs
Media Bottles
*upon request
Ready To Get Started?
We’d love to learn more about your recycling needs and help keep your plastic materials out of the landfill.
GreenLabs Recycling In The News
How scientists absolve their plastic guilt
ScienceLine | September 20, 2022
Journalist Hannah Loss interviews GreenLabs Recycling co-founder Brenda Waterman to discuss “plastic guilt” and how GreenLabs has come to be a solution for many labs by recycling up to 75% of lab-generated plastic waste.
Recycling startup tackles laboratory plastics
Resource Recycling | April 14, 2022
GreenLabs co-founder Brenda Waterman and head of operations employee Serena Monteiro are interviewed by Resource Recycling reporter Marissa Heffernan to discuss the accomplishments of GreenLabs Recycling and how the company plans to grow in the future.
Update on Massachusetts’ effort to improve plastic beer can carrier recycling in 2021
Craft Brewing Business | January 4, 2022
Reporter Chris Cowell looks at the can carrier recycling initiative in 2021 and improvements for the upcoming year. Look forward to more breweries and retailers taking part in the program in the near future!
Recycling startup tackles laboratory plastics
WBUR Boston | October 26, 2021
WBUR Reporter Bruce Gellerman explores different approaches to sustainability in the craft beer industry. Shoutout to Rob Vandenabeele from EcoFriendlyBeerDrinker who has been helping us so much with the effort to collect can carriers for recycling.