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Non-toxic processing & separation
E-waste (electronic waste) is a huge problem because of the high levels of heavy metals used in technological development of anything as simple as the computer monitor that you are currently using to read this (approximately 7lbs of lead, chromium, mercury and cadmium in the circuit boards alone). The concentrations of these heavy metals in the units that we use for processes such as centrifugation, -80 refrigeration or FACS are significantly higher.
The isolation of these already toxic metals and further similarly deletrious plastics are primarily done overseas in countries such as China, where chemical processing in the waste management market is largely unrestricted. Thus, while many companies are turning to environmentally conscious campaigns, since downstream auditing is largely unavailable, the processing of e-waste (much like the recycling industry as a whole) is a bit of a zero sum game with no winners.
Here at sBench, with our ethos of trying to provide services that are as sustainable as possible, we have long considered what would be the best method for recycling laboratory equipment (which many times can require even greater regulations than simple e-waste measures). To this end, we have invested in partnering with a number of companies that are providing processing and separation methods which are primarily based in shredding and isolation techniques that do not incorporate poisonous or toxic by-products (products) and contain heavy metal leakage as much as possible.
Kentucy USA
Massachusetts USA
Michigan USA
New York USA
North Carolina USA
North Dakota USA
Oregon USA
Tennesse USA
Texas USA
Ontario Canada
Cartoga Costa Rica
Frankfurt Germany
Gdansk Poland
Przewrotne Poland
Geneva Switzerland
Bursa Turkey
Locations
Proposed structure for dMT, Sayers, 2005
dMT proposed structure, Sayers 2005
Shred Recycling
Why do heavy metals matter?
In many species, heavy metals are noncooperative scavangers of proteins that are critical in the protection against oxidative stress, metal toxicity (of Cu, Zn and Se) and most importantly transcription factor regulation such as the key tumor suppressor gene p53, known as metallothioneins (MT) amoung others.
With these mechanisms deregulated, biological systems become highly susceptible to cellular malignancies and genetic mutations. Simply, this translates to increased risks of cancers. A significant body of data is also starting to point to metallothionien dysfunction as causitory in austism and as such the increased incidence observed over the last century.
Metallothionen Research
Kaplan Türköz B, Iskit S, Sayers Z (2009). "Biophysical Analyses on Plant Heterotrimeric
G-Proteins."
Collak F,
Yesilirmaka F, Dinlera G, Sayers Z (2009). "Purification and Structural Analysis of Durum
Wheat Metallothionein (dMT) Domains."
Margoshes, M. and B.L. Vallee (1957). "A cadmium protein from equine kidney cortex. ."
Ngu, T.T. and M.J. Stillman (2006). "Arsenic Binding to Human Metallothionein. "
M. V. Kumari, M. Hiramatsu, M. Ebadi (1998). "Free radical scavenging actions of metallothionein isoforms I and II."
Singh VK, Hanson J (2006). "Assessment of metallothionein and antibodies to metallothionein in normal and autistic children having exposure to vaccine-derived thimerosal."
Upcycled Art
Turning Science into Art
We call on scientists and artists to raise together in ranks and share with one another the materials that brought to form their arts of discovery.
Equipment allotted to this program are charged a small institutional disposal fee to cancel the costs of transportation.
Contact us today to learn how your group can contribute.
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Zach Kleyn, One Hour Sculpture: Icebox, 2007 Styrofoam, dowels, wire, paint, plastic model
Chris Jordan, Pain Killers, 2007 Depicts 213,000 Vicodin pills, equal to the number of emergency room visits yearly in the US related to misuse or abuse of prescription pain killers.
Junior Fritz Jacquet, Masks
Bannavis Andrew Sribyatta, Aluminum Weave Chair
Jeremy Mayer, The Typewriter Sculptures
Néle Azevedo, The Minimum Monument
The Scientist's Wish List
Micro-grants that change society
This is our in-house and world's first person-to-scientist micro-grant program for the development of scientific advancement, research and education. We do this because we beieve that the knowledge attained through research is what empowers and enfrancises scoiety. Be it local or global, science is the critical step toward true equality.
We are soon pairing with the international program Adequation, originally based our of EMBL-Heidelberg (Germany), which is a similar organization of scientist-to-scientist equipment lending program to get micro-grants out to scientists and academic programs worldwide.
We currently have 3 groups signed up to benefit from this program. By incorporating recycable equipment, we hope to further expand this program so that grants can be made in the form of both financial assistance as well as asset donations.
Please help science proliferate.
Donate Your Re-usable Equipment Now
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As the old adage goes, "One man's trash is another man's treasure."
Many times old and replaced laboratory equipment end up either in a storage unit collecting dust bunnies or exits the institute at a cost for disposal.
At sBench, we propose 3 alternative options for your excess equipment, be they completely devoid of any functional value (in the lab that is) or marginally usable, but your group has outgrown those needs; in fact, these are the 3 methods from which this company was first grown:
Upcycle
Scrap Sculptures/Artistry
Donate
Recycle
Non-toxic Waste Shredding
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