Dr. Reini Kappelhoff, research associate and lab manager of the Overall Lab, in UBC’s Centre for Blood Research, in front of her “Tips for Recycling” wall. Photo by: Ricardo Seah

Staff, faculty and graduate students collaborate to make UBC labs greener

When Dr. Reinhild “Reini” Kappelhoff came to UBC as a postdoctoral fellow in 2003, she proactively started looking for ways to make her laboratory more environmentally friendly. “I was surprised when I found out that there was no battery recycling, and people were not conscious about how to manage their waste,” she recalls. The lab […]