Green Labs
Labs consume overwhelming amounts of resources.
Are you concerned about environment? Do you recycle or save energy at home? Do you do it in the lab?
Labs produce a lot of waste. It's estimated that every year the plastic waste alone from laboratories could cover the state of Rhode Island. Although much of this waste is hazardous, a lot of it can be reused or recycled (http://www.mygreenlab.org/).
Labs are also major consumers of electric power.
"Laboratories consume nearly 5x more energy than a typical office space, and are often the largest consumers of energy on any given campus or at any given institution" (http://www.mygreenlab.org/).
Data from Sustain VU: "In 2012, Vanderbilt consumed over 392,000 megawatt-hours of electricity. That is the same amount of electricity consumed by almost 25,000 homes in the Nashville area last year. Vanderbilt University spends approximately $37 million per year on energy consumption".
Benefits from recycling
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Data from Sustain VU: "Fiscally, it costs the University more money to dispose of a ton of garbage than it does a typical ton of recycling. Also, we are paid for many of our recyclable goods. Rebates earned from recycling programs go back into paying for the recycling program".
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