sustainability
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Products
R&D
Education
Advocacy
BioFuels5. Resourcing waste
4. Regulatory issues
1. Responsible manufacturing
2. Innovating change
3. Affecting responsibility
5 Missions of Mt. Baker Bio
In Essence
• The sheer audacity and bravado of our industry.
• Real solutions readily available now. Today.
• New possibilities addressing the inherent problems involved.
• A call to arms.
Waste Volume/Weight
Shoe String Budgets
Waxing Philosophical
• R&D significantly impacts the solid waste stream & emissions• No clear plan to address the future need of a field heavily
dependent on fossil fuel based consumables
• Any improvement in our practices must not come at added expense• Are we creating the very diseases we are set out to prevent/cure?
• Economic downturns and limited NIH funding• Spiraling costs of manufactured products/services• Paying through the nose for waste disposal
Our Biomedical Community
2. Limited Studies Identifying Impact Sheer volume and content of lab waste is lacking
1. Lack of Accountability EPA Describes only market sectors, not institutions Institutions not able to track labs/buildings/dept.’s
2009
2010
2011
No one is in charge
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Accounting for our waste
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Our Impact Sorted Out
33%Plastics
18% Paper
& Card-board
4%9%
13%
1%
19%
3%
PlasticsPaper & CardboardGlass & SharpChemicalBiologicalRadioactiveWater UsageElectronic
Based on VolumeAnnette Gagliano, University of Toronto Sustainability OfficeCentre for Environment April 2010
Single Use DisposablesSingle Use Disposables
Repurposing Plastics
• PETE & HDPE most likely to be reused
• PP, PS and No.7 difficult to recycle
• 80% of US recycling is sent overseas
• <8% of all plastics find their way back into the lifecycle
Birth DefectsCancer
Endocrine Disruption
Central Nervous System Effects
Cadmium
Bis (2-3thylhexyl) phthalate
Di-n-Octyl phthalate (DOP)
butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)
Bisphenol A (BPA)
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tris 1-chloro-2-propyl (TCPP)
hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)
Halogenated fire retardants (FRs)
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Harmful Additives
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Plasticizers
Stabilizers
Blowing Agents
Not all Plastics are Equal
Simply considering “recoverability”
of raw materials goes a longway in improving repurposing
Resource Recovery
Best Worst
Degradable Plastics
Compostable Low impact
Renewable source
Positives Negatives
UnstableCostly
Carbohydrates
VirginMedical Grade
Plastic
9 months to
10 years
Identical to Industry StandardDegrades
only in landfills
Resource Recovery
Items
Rate of Degradation
Performance
Origin
Durability
Methane capture in LFGE sites
Single UseDisposables
Designed to Degrade Plastics BIO D2DTM
BioD2D
Mt. Baker Bio D2D PerformanceSterilization:Gamma irradiated
RNAse Testing:Free from RNAse contamination.
DNAse Testing:Free from DNAse contamination.
Centrifugation:No damage for 30 minutes @20K g
Boiling/Autoclaving: +90 min.
Freezing: Conicals -80C, Microtubes -121C
Leachates:Spectrophotometric absorbance, mass spec analysis and HPLC.
Protein Binding: No detectable differences
Phenol/Ethanol Reactivity: None
Enzymatic Inhibition: None
Mt. Baker Bio D2D DegradationASTM D5511 3rd Party TestingAccelerated bioreactor and real-time landfill testing
Degradation Time Estimates:9 months to 10 years predicated on the thickness of the plastic.
Conditions Required for Degradation:The BIO D2D additive causes plastic to biodegrade through a series of chemical and biological processes when disposed of in a microbe-rich environment such as a landfill. It causes the plastic to be attractive to the microbes, and allows the plastic to be consumed by the microorganisms as a source of energy.
By-Products of Degradation:When an organic material biodegrades, the byproducts are: humus, methane and carbon dioxide. When BIO D2D plastics biodegrade the byproducts are the same as any organic material.
Green Chemistry
__________For Labs_________• Safer Organic Compounds
• Alternatives for Radioisotopes
• Non-mutagenic Stains
• Safe Agarose
• Low energy FBS
____For Manufacturers____• Employing Plastics No.1 & 2
• Redesign Packaging
• Responsible Manufacturing
• Responsible Shipping
• Empowering D2D
Green Chemistry: Safer Chemical Alternatives
MIT’s Green ChemicalAlternatives Wizard
http://ehs.mit.edu/greenchem/
GoGreen Nucleic Acid
Stain
Limitations of alternatives
Blue Light Transilluminator
• Limited sensitivity
• DMSO• High cost of
disposal
• Nontoxic• Comparable
sensitivity with UV
• Better sensitivity with Blue Light
• Safer than UV for sample and user
• Further enhances goGreen sensitivity
• Low cost• Conversion kit
option
Ethidium Bromide
The Problem
• Mutagenic activity• High cost of
disposal• Commonly used
with UV light
Green Chemistries
Green Chemistry:Alternatives for Radioisotopes
ZIVA-CPA 3HTdR-Free Proliferation Assay• 200x more sensitive than H-th3ymidine. • Ziva has been used to detect 1-4 proliferating cells in a background of 100,000 non-proliferating cells
ZIVA-TOX 51Cr-Free Cytotoxicity Assay• Fewer target cells required, as low as 1,000• Fewer effector cells required—significant killing at lower E:T ratios• Lower background / Higher signals— extremely low E:T ratios
Green Chemistry: Proliferation Assays
Ziva vs. 3HtdR (Stim. Index) 1-5 cell Detection (in 105 spelnocytes)
Short or Long Labeling Ziva vs. MTS (% Inhibition)
Green Chemistry:Open for Suggestions
Replacing Guanidine Isothiocyanate?
Time dating?
Eschewing lab animals?
Opening up the books for manufacturing?
Landfill Recycling• Sequester greenhouse gasses associated with degradation
• Liability of materials• Leaching to
groundwater
• Generates energy, fuel, fatty acids, and opportunities for new green chemistries
• Driven by market value
• Concept great in principal
• Waste volume reduced >90%• Reduction of liability• Emissions• Single biggest global contributor of
dioxins• Residual toxic ash
Resource Recovery
Incineration
• Most lab plastics not manufactured with valuable material
• Third party involvement and sorting can lead to liability risk
• True end of life solution• No emissions or residual toxics• Highly efficient
Resource RecoveryGasification
• 100% conversion of waste to SynGas
• No emissions, carbon negative
• Polymers reduced to monomeric form
• Capable of pharmaceutical waste
• 90% efficiency, immensely scalable
• Port of Sacramento
SynGasUltra Pure Liquid Fuel
Fatty AcidsCarbon chain extension???
Disseminate best
practices
Disseminate best
practices
Maximize participationMaximize
participation
Engage researchers
to drive innovation
Engage researchers
to drive innovation
Real change starts when you engage scientists at the bench
Making Connections:
Green Lab Program
Face-to-face consultation Metrics Videos Community engagement Seminars
AffectChange
Education – a top priority
Top 20 Things Your Lab Can Doto Reduce its Carbon Footprint
1. Reduce your Hazardous Waste Stream2. Recycle and Re-purpose your Hazardous Items3. Reduce your Non-Hazardous Waste Stream4. Recyclables
5. Energy Conservation6. Reducing Lighting7. Use Water Conservation Plumbing Fixtures8. Refurbished Lab Equipment9. Incorporate Degradable Plastic Alternatives10. Maximize the Number of Purchasing Contacts
Offering Green Solutions
11. Reconsider your Chemicals12. Clean House and Manage Samples13. Medical Supplies14. Promote Natural Resources15. Incentivize Efforts Amongst your Peers16. Education is the Key17. Green Up the Office Areas18. Locate your Nearest Recycling Center19. Reduce Transportation Costs20. Spread the Word
Limitations of truly quantifying waste problem
Centralize sustainability efforts
Ensuring regulatory compliance
Metrics ReportingGreen purchasingResource recovery
Best practices
BioWasteTrackerTM
Accountability
BIO D2DTM lab plasticsReduced packaging
Safer nucleic acid stains, kits, assays,
plastics
Green Lab Program Biowaste Tracker™
Education and Accountability
Clean fuel and building blocks for plastics
production
A Truly Closed-Loop System
Manufacturing
Green Chemistry
Resource Recovery
RenewableEnergy
Don’t Walk Away Empty Handed
Deeply consider your lab impact on the environment
Take ownership on your procedures, actions and protocols
Be Walmart
Communicate and share your progress
Notice my sleeves. They are rolled up.