Sustainability & Pipette Tips
Better Research, Better Results & a Better Planet
Pipetting is all about accuracy & precision, but it is also about being smart about our resources. We are combining clever design with environmental considerations in mind, aiming to provide you with the tools for high quality pipetting results while supporting sustainable lab practices.
Our pipette tips are designed to give you accurate results and precision, while ensuring the sustainability of your lab. We reduce waste and save energy, so you can focus on your work knowing you are making a sustainable choice.
Sartorius pipette tip manufacturing site in Kajaani, Finland utilizes renewable electricity, with LED lighting and waste heat recovery reducing energy use. The facility focuses on waste reduction, with a strong local recycling program for production byproducts. Bulk purchasing of materials for pipette tips lowers packaging and emissions, and the production process is regularly improved to decrease plastic waste. Additionally, the site works with a carbon-neutral waste management service to manage and offset its carbon emissions, including investing in carbon sinks to enhance its environmental sustainability.
Responsible Pipette Tip Manufacturing Process
Tip's Journey
Life Cycle Thinking
Adopting life cycle thinking is key to enhancing sustainability and considering the environmental impacts from raw materials to end-of-life disposal. We are dedicated to refining our production methods, boosting efficiency, minimizing waste, and cutting energy use. We also consider the environmental burden of shipping practices and are committed to optimizing logistics to reduce carbon emissions.
Product Highlights for Pipetting & Sustainability
Refill Pipette Tips
The Optifit Tip Refill Tower offers a variety of tip volumes in a space-saving package for a wide range of laboratory applications. Refill your empty Single Trays from the Optifit Tip Refill Tower to reduce plastic consumption and logistics emissions. In addition, the Refill Tower packaging has earned the ACT label.
Refill packs provide an effective method for reducing plastic waste in laboratory, with the added benefit of being offered in pre-sterilized variants to meet the stringent sterility requirements of the more purity demanding applications.
Optifit Pipette Tips Refill Tower
Sustainable Tip Box
The Sartorius Light Pack™ is the responsible pipette tip box that helps labs reduce their environmental footprint with 74% less plastic compared to traditional tip racks while maintaining the performance and reliability required for everyday pipetting.
Featuring FSC-certified cardboard, recyclable components, and a foldable design, the Light Pack™ offers a more sustainable pipette tip packaging solution for eco-conscious laboratories seeking to reduce plastic waste. For its design, The Light Pack™ is awarded with the RedDot Award for sustainability and is ACT Label certified.
Light Pack™ Tip Box
Discover ACT Ecolabels
Sartorius continues to advance its commitment to sustainability and transparency with the Refill Towers and Light Pack™, both of which have earned the ACT Ecolabel from My Green Lab®, a non-profit organization dedicated to building a global culture of sustainability in science.
The ACT Ecolabel, which stands for Accountability, Consistency, and Transparency, provides scientists and procurement professionals with clear, third-party verified information about the environmental impact of lab products, enabling more informed and sustainable purchasing decisions across manufacturers.
ACT Ecolabels on Sartorius products
| Product number | Product name | Points | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 790352 | Optifit Refill Tower 350 µl | 60 | Gold |
| 790202 | Optifit Refill Tower 200 µl | 60 | Gold |
| 790012 | Optifit Refill Tower 10 µl | 60 | Gold |
| LH-B791004 | Optifit FlexiBulk 1000 µl | 60 | Gold |
| LH-B790204 | Optifit FlexiBulk 200 µl | 58 | Silver |
| LH-G790201F | Safetyspace® Light Pack 200 µl | 56 | Silver |
| LH-G790101F | Safetyspace® Light Pack 120 µl | 56 | Silver |
| 790201 | Optifit Tray 200 µl Pre-st | 56 | Silver |
| 790200 | Optifit Tray 200 µl | 56 | Silver |
| LH-799000 | Optifit Tray 10 ml | 56 | Silver |
| 790203 | Optifit Ref. 200 µl Pre-st | 56 | Silver |
| LH-G790201 | Optifit Light Pack200µl Pre-st | 56 | Silver |
| LH-G790200 | Optifit Light Pack 200 µl | 56 | Silver |
| LH-799004 | Optifit Bulk Carton 10 ml | 56 | Silver |
| 790201F | Safetyspace® Tray 200 µl | 55 | Silver |
| 790101F | Safetyspace® Tray 120 µl | 55 | Silver |
Explore ACT Ecolabels further
Download the flyer to learn more about the ACT Ecolabel, including its key evaluation criteria, how the program works and how to interpret the label when comparing laboratory products. You can also explore the Sartorius press release for additional insights into our ongoing commitment to supporting more sustainable laboratory practices.
Sartorius Pipette Tip Brands
Safetyspace® Filter Tips
Safetyspace® Filter Tips offer optimal protection for your work from cross contamination and enable you to use the full volume of the tip with any pipetting mode. In addition to protecting your samples, the filter protects your pipette.
Optifit Pipette Tips
Sartorius Optifit tips are an excellent choice for various laboratories and pipetting tasks with their wide range of packaging and purity options. They ensure the performance of Sartorius pipettes and repeatability of your results like no other tip can.
Sustainability Resources
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Sustainability At Sartorius
With innovative technologies, Sartorius helps to accelerate progress in biopharmaceutical research and production so that more people have access to new medicines, therapies, and vaccines. This is how our business contributes to better medical care for people around the world and thus to social sustainability.
Health and well-being are fundamental human rights and important indicators of sustainable development. Despite major advances in modern medicine, more than half of the world's population still has inadequate or no access to medical care.
Our technologies help to develop existing forms of biopharmaceuticals faster and manufacture them more cost-effectively, and enable new forms such as cell and gene therapies - so that more people have access to better medicine.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Pipetting and sustainability are closely linked through environmentally conscious lab practices. By choosing sustainable pipette tips and equipment, labs can reduce waste, conserve resources, and minimize their environmental impact. Sartorius' commitment to sustainability is reflected in our innovative pipette tips that are designed for both precision and eco-consciousness, helping to create a more sustainable future for scientific research.
Sartorius Optifit and Safetyspace® filter tips are manufactured with sustainability in mind. They are manufactured in a facility that runs on 100% renewable electricity and any plastic waste from production is locally recycled. When matched with Sartorius pipettes, these tips deliver precise and accurate results, minimizing the need for repeated experiments and consequently reducing plastic use. Sartorius provides a range of packaging choices designed to minimize plastic and packaging waste. In addition Sartorius encourages the responsible disposal and recycling of used tips.
The ACT Ecolabel is an eco-label that stands for Accountability, Consistency, and Transparency in Laboratory Product Sustainability. It evaluates products based on their environmental impact in several areas, including manufacturing, energy use and end-of-life disposal.
Products with low environmental impact score, such as the Sartorius Optifit Tip Refill Tower, have demonstrated a reduction in their environmental impact through various means, such as utilizing renewable energy sources, and implementing efficient manufacturing processes.
Absolutely. Sustainable pipette tips from Sartorius are designed to meet the highest standards of accuracy and precision required for scientific research. The focus on sustainability does not compromise their performance, but rather enhances their value by ensuring that they support both scientific excellence and environmental responsibility.
To learn more about Sartorius' sustainability initiatives and responsibly manufactured products, visit the company's sustainability website. There, you'll find detailed information about the company's approach to sustainability and its goals.
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