Yes, we all feel it. The guilt of that extra packaging because your equipment needs to be sterile, the layers and layers of plastic while unpacking your deliveries. However, all small things do help. Our WG for Waste and recycling figures out what we can do to decrease our plastic waste, whether it is for your personal use or in the lab.
A first action was awareness. Signs have been put up at the drink water stations to entice people to use a glass drinking glass instead of plastic cups. Also, the use of plastic cups is banned now anyway.
A follow-up action is the purchase of more water glasses in SPIT for each break-out. WG waste & recycling went to SPIT during the Christmas holiday and has now added more than 50 glasses to the break-out kitchens.