Laboratory, Fieldwork & Technical Information
- Dave Hay
- Rebecca Sutton
- Matt Pickering
Glass Washers
Only run the glasswasher when it is fully loaded. Your machine uses the same amount of water per cycle, unless you have a setting that allows for less water use, so running a cycle only when full is more sustainable and should result in running the machine less frequent.
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The labs were awarded a Platinum award in the 2024 NUS Green Impact Awards for the second year running! 🏆
DEG are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our laboratories and you will hear more about our efforts for 2025 soon.
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.
For fieldwork equipment and technical queries - please email environment technicians
For safety related enquiries - please email environment safety