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Congratulations to the winners of the Spring 2022 Efficient Freezer Rebate Program! Winners of this year’s EFRP received rebates of up to $5,000 toward the purchase of a brand-new, energy-efficient freezer! On Mar. 1st, the following UNC laboratories were announced … Read more
The spring 2022 Efficient Freezer Rebate Program (EFRP) and My Green Lab Freezer Challenge are now open! Eligible labs have the chance to receive a rebate of 35% of the cost (up to $5,000) of a new ultra low freezer. … Read more
On December 9th, UNC Green Labs hosted our last quarterly talk of the year with Dr. Patricia Basta of UNC’s own BioSpecimen Processing Facility. This past August, Dr. Basta’s Lab won The Freezer Challenge, a nationwide cold storage contest coordinated … Read more
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The certification program at UNC Green Labs is finally here! There are five levels of Green Labs Certification: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Green. To become certified, begin by clicking this link to download the Green Labs Certification V1 application as … Read more
This past August, UNC’s own BioSpecimen Processing Facility, lead by Dr. Patricia Basta, won The Freezer Challenge, a cold storage contest coordinated by My Green Lab and the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories. Over two hundred and twenty-two labs, representing 113 research … Read more
New Certification format for 2021-2022 Access a web version of the certification document by clicking on the excel icon below or the link at the bottom of this page Download a copy of the document and fill out the second … Read more
In July 2021, UNC Green Labs received a recorded lecture about Fisher’s TerraCycle recycling programs from Dr. Shine, one of Fisher’s reps at UNC. She focused on how both the disposable mask and nitrile glove recycling programs work, as well … Read more
On Tuesday, February 18, UNC Green Labs Hosted Blair Pollock from Orange County Solid Waste for our Spring 2020 lecture. Mr. Pollock, as a longtime solid waste expert, provided some valuable insight about methods labs can use to reduce plastic … Read more