GRAIN-4-LAB

Grain-4-lab is a project striving to reduce our plastic waste consumption. We hope to replace single use plastics in our laboratory with bioplastics... The vast majority of plastics are fossil fuel-based. Most of the rest are bioplastics, which are often made using food crops. While this is an improvement on fossil fuel-based plastics, it is not completely sustainable. At Grain-4-lab we aim to produce bioplastic using waste products from the Irish food and drinks industry as feedstocks to produce bioplastic laboratory components. This feedstock can then be composted and used to fertilise the fields for the next batch of crops, and the cycle continues. You can view the full process here.