Laboratory, Fieldwork & Technical Information

Plastic centrifuge tubes don't have to be single use or end up in landfill.  They can be emptied, dishwashed and reused.  The laboratory store ENV/119 has a stock of cleaned centrifuge tubes that are free to use.

Any centrifuge tubes that are showing signs of wear (cracks or deformation of the tip) can be cleaned and recycled via the green polypropylene plastic recycling bins located outside ENV/214.

Thank you.

The labs were awarded Platinum in the 2023 NUS Green Impact Awards, improving on the Gold award received the previous year, and we are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our laboratories.  See the lab handbook and notices in the laboratories for sustainability tips.

If you wish to request the purchase of laboratory chemicals, consumables and equipment, please email environment-technicians@york.ac.uk providing a list of the items you require. Please include:

• the product name
• supplier (see below)
• product code
• quantity required
• a workorder/grant code for them to be charged to.

Please note that the technical staff can only purchase from approved university suppliers using the YEP system, so if you wish to purchase from a particular supplier, please check with us first to confirm that they are on the list of approved suppliers.

We will email you when a delivery has arrived and packages will be available to collect from the corridor outside the Technicians’ office.  Please inform the Technical staff if you are expecting delivery of any live organisms that might require special handling upon arrival.

Please label new chemicals with your name and the date received and add them to our Quartzy chemical inventory.