Scottish Water Becomes First Utility in the World to Use Innovative New Technology to Reduce Laboratory Plastic Waste

UK turns 72,000 lab bottles into recyclable plastic with new tech

Scotland’s public water utility has recently become the first in the world to adopt a new technology that can convert contaminated laboratory plastics into material suitable for recycling. Stepps-based Scottish Water adopted the Envetec Sustainable Technologies novel Generations technology in a bid to tackle the large quantities of single-use plastic generated by its labs. Its Scientific Services teams has processed roughly 72,000 sample bottles…

Scottish Water becomes first utility to adopt new plastic recycling technology

Scottish Water has become the first utility company in the world to adopt a new technology designed to tackle laboratory plastic waste.

Scottish Water becomes world's first utility to tackle laboratory plastic waste

Scottish Water is using new technology to disinfect and recycle laboratory plastics previously sent to landfill or incineration.

Scottish Water Becomes First Utility in the World to Use Innovative New Technology to Reduce Laboratory Plastic Waste

Scottish Water has become the first utility in the world to adopt an innovative technology aimed at substantially

Scottish Water first utility to tackle laboratory plastic waste

Scottish Water is using new technology to disinfect and recycle laboratory plastics previously sent to landfill or incineration.

Scottish Water First Utility In World To Use Innovative New Technology To Reduce Laboratory Plastic Waste

Scottish Water has become the first utility in the world to adopt an innovative technology aimed at substantially reducing plastic laboratory waste and making the handling process more efficient, lower carbon and easier to track.​ ​ Scottish Water and Envetec Sustainable Technologies Limited (Envetec), a clean technology company focused on the treatment and recovery of laboratory plastic waste, have announced the utility has adopted Envetec’s GE…