Laboratory Equipment Reuse Roadmap
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of
data provider: DSpace
contributor: University of British Columbia. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
contributor: University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning
creator: Meenaksi Sundaram, Raghavi
creator: Singara Veloo, Kanageswari
creator: Kumaran, Varshaa
creator: Massicotte, Marc
creator: Joy, Erik
issued: 2021-06-14T20:10:32Z
issued: 2021-04-25
description: UBC Sustainability has always played an important role in accelerating UBC’s Green initiatives. SEEDS (Social Ecological Economic Development Studies) program is an experiential learning platform coordinating students, staff, faculty, and industries across Canada and worldwide, focussing on social, ecological, and environmental problems. As a part of SEEDS initiative and collaboration with CHBE 573 Environmental engineering and Sustainability Leadership course, the “Laboratory Equipment reuse road map” project is presented. An estimated 3200 tonnes of solid waste is sent to landfill annually and a significant portion of it comprises of waste from laboratories. The high-level motivation of this project is to reduce the solid waste going into landfills and upcycle them into the laboratory cycle. In 2019, drawing inspiration from similar motives to reduce solids going into the landfills, the Office equipment reuse program was launched and it had significant contributions towards CAP 2020. This “Laboratory Equipment reuse road map” project similarly focuses on reusing Surplus/Unused Lab equipment. This report summarises the flow and key findings of the project focusing on the background. scope of the study, the methodology used, case studies, results, and finally our main conclusion. The team carefully curated a survey focusing on the needs of the client and stakeholders compliance by asking questions about current disposal practices of surplus lab equipment, acceptance and expectations of the new “Reuse-it!” program for stakeholders, and by identifying potential barriers and challenges for buying and selling used equipment at UBC. To understand the dynamics of the logistics and operations we looked at two universities where current reuse practices exist. The case studies conducted at the University of Michigan and Columbia University yielded insights into the adaptation of an equipment reuse program inside an institution. Many recommendations and alternative conclusion…
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note: Laboratory Equipment Reuse Roadmap Prepared by: Raghavi Meenaksi Sundaram, Kanageswari Singara Veloo, Varshaa Kumaran, Marc Massicotte, Erik Joy Prepared for: Course Code: CHBE 573 University of British Columbia Date: 25 April 2021 Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS Sustainability Program provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student research project and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore, readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Sustainability Program representative about the current status of the subject matter of a report”. University of British Columbia Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Sustainability Program Student Research Report Laboratory Equipment Reuse Roadmap i i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY UBC Sustainability has always played an important role in accelerating UBC’s Green initiatives. SEEDS (Social Ecological Economic Development Studies) program is an experiential learning platform coordinating students, staff, faculty, and industries across Canada and worldwide, focussing on social, ecological, and environmental problems. As a part of SEEDS initiative and collaboration with CHBE 573 Environmental engineering and Sustainability Leadership course, the “Laboratory Equipment reuse road map” project is presented. An estimated 3200 tonnes of solid waste is sent to landfill annually and a significant portion of it comprises of waste from laboratories. The high-level motivation of this project is to reduce the solid waste going into landfills and upcycle them into the laboratory cycle. In 2019, drawing inspiration from similar motives to reduce solids going into the landfills, the Office equipment reuse program was launched and it had signifi…
has type: Report
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0398413
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
is part of: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report
is part of: University of British Columbia. CHBE 573
subject: Procurement
subject: Waste
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78681