Report on Green Labs piloting

D1.8 REPORT ON GREEN LABS PILOTING

There is a growing understanding that scientific research is highly energy-intensive and generates a
huge amount of single-use plastic lab waste, thereby having strong negative impact on the local and
global environment. To reduce this negative impact while preserving proper conditions for
investigations in biomedical area (sterility, GMO safety, etc.), we aimed to introduce, pilot and/or
upgrade a Green Lab concept in the research practices of the A4L_ACTIONS partner institutions. For
that purpose, we first performed an initial survey and collected brief reports on the status of
environmental laboratory policies and procedures in A4L partner institutions at the beginning of the
WP1 implementation, in 2021. Results were analysed and described in the Deliverable D1.7.