What’s in our bin? Labs kick off and demand the transition towards a circular economy for lab plastics

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The authors would like to especially thank the following Green Labs Austria-affiliated research groups and startups that analyzed their waste and participated in the workshop: Molecular Drug Targeting Group (Prof. Rademacher), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Vienna; Nanomedicine and Pharmaceutical Biophysics Group (Prof. Dailey), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Vienna; Functional Cancer Genomics Group (Prof. Moriggl), Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna; Research Group Cancer Research (Prof. Grebien), Institute for Medical Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna; Experimental Allergy Laboratory (Prof. Epstein), Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna; Arkeon GmbH; CBmed GmbH Center for Biomarker Research in Medicine. We also thank Green Labs Austria Members Andrea Tramontano, Lena K\u00F6nig, Ipek Ergal Logan Hodgskiss, Thomas Pribasnig and others for initiating, investigating and developing laboratory plastic recycling in Austria. Additionally, we thank all workshop participants for fruitful and critical discussions, and the University of Vienna and Merck for financing the workshop. Finally, we thank Peter Maschek from the NPO Helfen Statt Wegwerfen) for collaborating with GLA on plastic recycling.