Chemists want help to cut the environmental footprint of their labs
Royal Society of Chemistry launches seed funding to improve lab sustainability after survey finds that 85% of respondents want to make their labs greener
A global survey of chemical scientists in industry and academia by the Royal Society of Chemistry has found that 84% of respondents want to do more to improve the environmental sustainability of their labs, and 63% have already made changes in the last two years.
These findings have spurred the launch of a new RSC Sustainable Laboratories programme that will roll out a series of initiatives to support chemists in developing and implementing more environmentally sustainable lab practices. In addition, the organisation has made an initial commitment of £0.5 million to enable individual chemists, labs and departments to put in place their own initiatives to improve lab sustainability.