Waters Becomes First Liquid Chromatography Column Provider to Receive My Green Lab ACT Ecolabel Certification
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Waters becomes the first vendor to obtain ACT™ Ecolabel Certification for 42 of its liquid chromatography columns, providing independent validation of the environmental impact of Waters column manufacturing, use, packaging, and disposal. - Laboratory products that earn the ACT Environmental Impact Factor label make it easy for scientists and procurement professionals to choose more sustainable lab products.
- Waters supplies its columns to tens of thousands of laboratories worldwide spanning the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences, used as essential components by scientists, quality assurance experts, and analytical chemists.
"Today, sustainability is very much a part of our customers' decision-making process. Certifying Waters columns with ACT Ecolabels makes it easier for customers to make an environmentally conscious choice without having to sacrifice analytical performance and results," said
Waters offers a wide array of column choices and formats, including HPLC, UHPLC, GPC, SFC, and
Waters pioneered ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) in 2004 with the launch of the ACQUITY™ UPLC™ Column, enabling the optimal use of sub 2-µm particles for the first time. With up to 9x faster separations and 80% reduction in solvent usage compared to HPLC, it is estimated that Waters ACQUITY UPLC Column and system users have saved more than 300 million hours of operational runtimei and 27 million liters of mobile phase.ii In addition, Waters is continuing to improve the sustainability of chromatography columns by redesigning packaging to replace the non-recyclable foam inserts with recycled and recyclable plastic and reducing column box sizes by 50%.iii
The Environmental Impact Factor (EIF) criteria, forming the basis for the ACT Ecolabel, was crafted with insights from scientists, sustainability directors, procurement specialists, and manufacturers. By emphasizing Accountability, Consistency, and Transparency (ACT) around manufacturing, energy and water use, packaging, and end-of-life, ACT makes it easy to choose more sustainable products. Waters
Additional Resources
- Find and download ACT Ecolabels for Waters Columns in the ACT Database
- Find the right LC columns for your applications using Waters Column Coach
- Read the Waters 2023 ESG Report to learn about Waters commitment to sustainability
- Follow and connect with Waters via LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook
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i Based on a 30-minute HPLC run vs. 10-minute UPLC run
ii HPLC 1.0 mL/min vs. UPLC 0.3 mL/min
iii References: Waters 2020 Sustainability Report, page 9
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