Why?

Because “biodegradable” can mean compostable or needs special facilities.

Made from biological sources: the thumbnail, the bio-based Eppendorf tube = 90% food oil waste + 10% fossil materials (for quality).

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“Bioplastics” can mean many things:

Two key distinctions:
🔹 Biodegradable vs. non-biodegradable
🔹 Made from biological vs. fossil sources

Yes — some “bioplastics” are still fossil-based, and some aren’t biodegradable.

Surprisingly, non-biodegradable biobased ones may be greener right now.

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Done properly, sustainability can save labs €2000+ and cut >50% of reagent/antibody use.

Don’t get caught off guard—funders expect this.
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This isn’t hypothetical.
In the UK & Germany, it’s already a reality.

Last autumn, 7 major funders pledged support for sustainability.

Wellcome Trust & CRUK even require accredited certification: a 3–6 month process.

But done wrong, it can endanger your workflow and samples!

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That wasn't Proper sustainable practices!

Green action doesn’t disrupt experiments or workflows.

What I have seen from them:
🔹 70% less plastic waste with smarter plating
🔹 Sterile cabinets <1 min after restart
🔹 S2 protocols optimized to save time + plastic

Therefore, you don’t need to read 100s of pages.
One short email often tells you everything.

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Still, S2O could:
Limit excessive publisher profits 💰
Finally let us read science without paywalls 🚀

Still, S2O could:

Limit excessive publisher profits 💰

Finally let us read science without paywalls 🚀

The first journal to try S2O?

👉 Annual Reviews, back in 2017.
Now, other big names like the Royal Society (UK) are adopting it too.

For scientists, if S2O works:

Free access to articles 📖
Free publishing (no APCs) ✍️
But uncertainty if it’ll stay that way each year 🤷

For scientists, S2O could mean:
✅ Free to read
✅ Free to publish (no APCs)
⚠️ But also some uncertainty year to year

🔒 Traditional model: Libraries pay subscriptions → scientists read behind paywalls.

🌍 Open Access: Free to read → but authors pay hefty publishing fees

S2O works differently:

If enough libraries keep subscribing → the journal flips to 100% open access for that year.

The result?

✅ 45+ concrete opportunities for greener practices

What made this work?
Enthusiasm + positivity.

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The Leibniz-HKI (renowned for microbiology & natural products) asked me to to consult and explore:

🔹 How to cut lab plastic waste
🔹 How instruments (HPLC, MS, PCR) can run more sustainably
🔹 How to get 400+ scientists onboard—without disrupting their work

P.S. The thumbnail?
One of the memes I add at the end—
So people leave with a smile :)

It took almost a year... we hit 900+ subscribers.
No ads. Just consistency.

We are told these days success is instant

Reminder:
Not everything works right away.
Experiments don’t. Ideas don’t.
But if you stick with it, they will.

A year ago, I started a weekly newsletter on sustainable science.
At first:
– Few readers
– Zero feedback
– Hours spent on each post