At Grain 4 Lab, we aim to reduce plastic waste from laboratories by providing an effective and sustainable alternative.

Our Team

Our team is a collaboration of DCU staff and students. Find out more about our highly skilled and diverse team.

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About Us

Grain-4-lab is a project striving to reduce our plastic waste consumption. We hope to replace single use plastics in our laboratory with bioplastics.

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Facilities

The Microbial Bioprocessing Facility (MBF) in the School of Biotechnology, DCU supports training and research within academia and the Irish food and beverage industries.

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Blog

Our blog is packed with useful information about plastic use, pollution, waste management, and sustainable alternatives. Find out more about the problem of plastic pollution and Grain-4-Lab’s proposed solution here.

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single use plastics

Our mission is to replace single use laboratory plastics with bioplastics. Our research found that annually our laboratories produce the same amount of CO2 as a Volkswagen Golf travelling from Tromse (the top of Sweden) to Cape Town, South Africa

research

Our research is conducted on microbiology laboratories located in DCU. There is a vast array of unique experiments carried out every week. We have monitored these laboratories week by week to get a better understanding and a realistic idea of what plastics can be replaced by our more sustainable bioplastics.

dublin city university

Our Team comprises of DCU staff and students. Our Microbial Bioprocessing Facility (MBF) is located in the School of Biotechnology in DCU.