UNC Green Labs

This past August, Dr. Basta's Lab won The Freezer Challenge, a *nationwide* cold storage contest coordinated by My Green Lab and the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories. 🎉

Click the link in our bio to register for our Quarterly Talk this Thursday at 3 p.m.! Join Green Labs as we speak with Keynote Speaker Dr. Patricia Basta of UNC's own BioSpecimen Processing Facility.

Check your tip boxes! 🧪 UNC Facilities Services collects and recycles #5 Polypropylene Tip Boxes. Certain containers may contain other types of plastics and must be separated to be properly recycled.

Pretty COOL news! UNC’S own Basta Lab won the international My Green Labs Freezer Challenge! Check out our website at uncgreenlabs.web.unc.edu for more information on how to make your lab more sustainable!

Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Freezer Challenge, the Basta Lab! If you and your lab are interested in making your lab space more sustainable or joining our challenges in the future make sure to join our listserv through our website!

Want a greener, more efficient lab and the chance to win $5,000 toward a new ultra-low freezer? Register your lab today for the 2021 Freezer Challenge! Check out our website at uncgreenlabs.web.unc.edu/unc-freezer-ch… for more information on how to register and earn points toward our prize!

@KevinGuskiewicz congrats!!

Stay up to date and check out the Three Zeros November Newsletter! bit.ly/2OYTR6X

Another example of why e-waste absolutely should not end up in a landfill! #UNC recycles e-waste through Surplus Property, another part of @UNCFacServ!

Now this is recycling! ♻️ Tokyo 2020 announced that 100% of the metals used to make the shiny 2020 Olympics medals will be extracted from materials found in donated electronics bit.ly/2OjrqjF

As part of #AmericaRecyclesDay learn more about what you can’t recycle. By recycling correctly, we can reduce waste, save energy, and conserve resources. Help to make our planet more sustainable! ♻️🌎

Hey @unc, did you know that it is #AmericaRecyclesDay? Stay tuned for tweets from our latest full year report for 2018-2019! Click on the hashtag #UNCcelebradesARD on all social platforms to follow along! Can’t wait? Click the link in our bio. #ARD2019 #uncrecycles #unc #goheels

From July 2018 through June 2019, we collectively diverted 4,315 tons of materials from the landfill, resulting in a recovery rate of 42%! #UNCcelebratesARD #ARD2019 #AmericaRecyclesDay #AmericaRecyclesDay2019 #uncrecycles #unc #goheels #recycle #compost #wastereduction

At the beginning of the fall semester, UNC Green Labs met with Chancellor Guskiewicz to discuss future endeavors. Read about the meeting on our website! ♻️🥼 🧪unc.live/2qL0xNy

Stay in the loop! Read about Green Labs' first quarterly talk about how to recycle right! unc.live/33e1DQ0

A reminder that our second quarterly talk is coming up!

♻️ Green Spotlight! ♻️ Read about how researcher, Elaine Wauthier, takes extra steps to be green in her lab! uncgreenlabs.web.unc.edu/2019/10/green-…

The Gillings School of Global Public Health is stepping up their game in order to support UNC-Chapel Hill’s three sustainability goals. Read about what the School is doing! mondaymorning.web.unc.edu/happy-three-ze…

Congratulations to our 2019 #UNCThreeZeros Student Leadership Award winner, Allie Omens! A great example of student sustainability leadership! #GDTBATH unc.edu/discover/gdtba…

Mark your calendars for UNC Green Labs' second quarterly talk of the year. This talk will feature presentations from Cindy Register and Richard Sloane with topics on energy reduction in UNC labs and styrofoam densification. ♻️