How to... make your practicals more sustainable

SUBJECT CENTRE LEGACY RESOURCE Each practical class is different from ecology to molecular biology and will use different resources and create particular wastes. The information provided here is certainly not exhaustive but aims to give you some ideas and pointers towards making your practicals more sustainable. There are currently few resources dedicated to sustainability in practical bioscience teaching but general sustainability principles can be applied. Some of the tips on this sheet may be for changes in areas beyond your control however they could form the basis of proposals to put to an estates department or an institutional or departmental environmental committee.