Recycle your Pipette Tips

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, we understand the critical importance of environmental sustainability and responsible waste management in today's scientific community.

 

Single-use plastics have come to play an essential role in the laboratory, yet their extensive use can pose a challenge in terms of generating waste.

 

And we know single-use plastic waste is a global problem.

27 billion pounds

27 billion pounds of plastics enter our oceans each year.

Source: The Guardian “A million bottles a minute: world's plastic binge ‘as dangerous as climate change’.” 28 June 2017.

9%

9% of plastics are recycled

Source: National Geographic. “A Whopping 91% of Plastic Isn't Recycled.” 19 July 2017. 

 

12 billion pounds

12 billion pounds of plastic was discarded by labs in 2015

Source: Nature “Environment: Labs should cut plastic waste too.” 24 December 2015.
 

With our pipette tip and box mail-back recycling program, you can transform your laboratory's plastic waste into a valuable resource. Simply collect your used pipette tips and boxes, and our convenient mail-back program helps take care of the rest.

How It Works

 

 

Collect

Using original Thermo Fisher Scientific cardboard shipping box:

1. Line box with plastic bag provided

2. Collect pipette tips, tip boxes and plastic wrap in shipping box

*Pipette tips are recycled into building materials (recycled plastic lumber) not pipette tips.

Pack

When the box is full:

1. Close plastic bag with twist tie provided

2. Remove any prior shipping labels from the shipping box

3. Complete waiver form (provided) and place it in the box

4.Close box and securely tape bottom and top

 

Ship

Ship for free:

1. Affix shipping label to the outside of the box

2. Ship box via Fedex delivery service

Select your pipette tips with TipCycle Kit

For Laboratory Use. It is the customer’s responsibility to ensure that the performance of the product is suitable for customers’ specific uses or applications.