Using Greener Products 
Enabling sustainability in our customers’ labs
Thermo Fisher Scientific is committed to designing our products with the environment in mind—it’s part of how we enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We are taking a fresh look at how we make our products and how our customers are using them. By incorporating principles of green chemistry and green engineering into our product design, we are minimizing chemical hazards, increasing reaction efficiency, and minimizing waste. Our greener product alternatives can help advance sustainability in the lab by minimizing the use of hazardous chemicals, minimizing waste and material consumption, and increasing energy efficiency. This not only helps our customers to be more sustainable but also helps improve lab safety and reduces costs.
To make it easy to find our greener product alternatives, we have added a green leaf symbol to product search results and product pages. Wherever possible, we work to provide our customers with sustainable product options with the following features:
- Less hazardous
- Less waste; uses fewer resources
- Energy efficient
- Sustainable packaging
- Sustainable disposal
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Find greener product alternatives
Minimizing hazardous materials and hazardous waste in the lab is a win for both safety and the environment. Fewer hazards can lower exposure risk for lab personnel and reduce costs for hazardous waste disposal.
Criteria for less hazardous products
We have rigorously evaluated products to ensure they meet at least one of the following:
- Is inherently less hazardous
- Reduces the need to use other hazardous materials
- Generates less hazardous waste
- Is reformulated so as not to require Dangerous Good for Transport (TDG) classification
- Free of ozone depleting substances
Green fact sheets for less hazardous products
- Attune and Attune NxT Flow Cytometers
- ChargeSwitch Technology
- Click-iT and Click-iT DIBO Detection and Labeling Reagents
- Stabilized Blood-to-Ct Nucleic Acid Preparation Kits
- Cells-to-Ct Kits
- SYBR Safe DNA Gel Stain
- PureLink Quick Gel Extraction Kit
- ProLong Gold Antifade Reagents, ProLong Antifade Kits and SlowFade Gold Antifade Reagents
- NA-Fluor Influenza Neuraminidase Assay Kit
- NA-XTD Influenza Neuraminidase Assay Kit
- TaqMan miRNA ABC Purification Kit
- SimplyBlue SafeStain
- SYPRO Tangerine Protein Gel Stain
Eliminates ethanol and acetic acid, reducing hazardous waste by 120 mL per gel
Alternative to radioisotope labeling
When minimizing waste in your lab, every little bit helps. The products listed below support your work while reducing materials typically bound for a landfill, helping shrink your costs along with your footprint.
Criteria for products that generate less waste and use fewer resources
We have rigorously evaluated products to ensure they meet at least one of the following:
- Reduces the need to use other materials
- Product is made with less material
- Product contains recycled content
- Product contains content from renewable resources
ProQuantum Immunoassay Kits generate 47–59% less plastic waste than ELISAs and use 230 mL less water per assay, and have 84% less packaging material
Green fact sheets for less waste products
From cold storage and instruments to temperature-sensitive chemicals, labs can consume a lot of energy. Our energy-efficient products help power your work and support your sustainability objectives without compromising performance.
Criteria for products that are energy efficient
We have rigorously evaluated products to ensure they meet at least one of the following:
For instruments
- Operates with less energy
- Meets a publicly recognized standard for energy efficiency
For chemicals
- Reactions do not require external temperature control
- Reagents designed for ambient storage
Green fact sheets for energy efficient products
- Lab Armor Beads
- StepOneTM Real-Time PCR System
- 3500xL Genetic Analyzer
- Heratherm Refrigerated Incubators
- Safe Imager 2.0 Blue-Light Transilluminator
- ViiA 7 Real-Time PCR System
- TSX Series Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers
- TrypLETM Enzyme
- 1300 Series Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinets
- TSX Series High-Performance Undercounter Refrigerators
Use up to 68% less energy than previous models
Use up to 42% less energy than competitive models
Packaging must protect the product inside—but that doesn’t have to mean sacrificing sustainability. We’re finding solutions to reduce packaging, replace non-recyclable materials and ship products at ambient temperatures whenever feasible. Our goals are to give you less packaging waste, maximize packaging recyclability and reduce package size for more efficient shipping and storage in the lab.
Criteria for products with sustainable packaging
We have rigorously evaluated products to ensure they meet at least one of the following:
- Product requires no packaging
- Product shipped ambient instead of cold chain
- Product has less packaging material
- Packaging designed to be reusable
- Packaging designed to be degradable/recyclable
Products that now ship ambient instead of cold chain
- TaqMan Genomic Assays
- Custom Primers and TaqMan Probes
- ProLong Gold and SlowFade GoldAntifade Reagents
- AmpliTaq Gold 360 and AmpliTaq 360 DNA Polymerases
- Capillary Electrophoresis Running Buffers
- Lipofectamine Transfection reagents
- GlutaMAX-I Media Supplement
- DNA Ladders
- TaqMan VIC or FAM labeled MGB endogenous controls
300,000 fewer coolers per year
Through our “Go Ambient” program we have been evaluating whether or not products that currently ship cold could ship ambient. Through rigorous stability and performance analysis, we evaluate whether or not short-duration ambient shipment has any effect on the immediate and long-term product quality. Each year we ship 300,000 fewer EPS coolers and use nearly 2,500 fewer metric tons of refrigerant. This reduces waste for customers and cuts carbon emissions.
Green fact sheets for sustainable packaging products
- AmpliTaq Gold 360 and AmpliTaq 360 DNA Polymerases
- StepOnePlus Real-Time PCR Systems
- 10X Running Buffers, 3730 Series and 310X Series Anode Buffer Container and Cathode Buffer Container, 3500 Series
- Custom Primers and TaqMan Probes
- TaqMan Assays
- DNA Ladders
- GlutaMAXTM-I Media Supplement
- Lipofectamine 2000 and Lipofectamine RNAiMAX Transfection Reagents
- ProLong Gold Antifade Reagents, ProLong Antifade Kits and SlowFade Gold Antifade Reagents
- 7300 / 7500 Real-Time PCR Systems Spectral Calibration Kits
- PureLink Quick Gel Extraction Kit
- NA-Fluor Influenza Neuraminidase Assay Kit
- NA-XTD Influenza Neuraminidase Assay Kit
- iBlot 2 Dry Blotting System
- Nunc Conical Sterile Centrifuge Tubes
- TrypLE Enzyme
- UltraPure Agarose Products
- ProQuantum High-Sensitivity Immunoassay Kits
We are working to close the loop for products that have reached their end-of-life by partnering and designing for sustainable disposal. Excess instruments and consumables waste don’t have to take up space in your lab or the landfill. We are working to take back or help you recycle what remains.
Criteria for products with sustainable disposal options
Products have been rigorously evaluated to ensure they meet at least one of the following:
For instruments
- Is designed to be upgradeable to extend life
- Product has a take-back program in place
- Product is readily recyclable at end of life
For plastic consumables and reagents
- Is reusable or returnable
- Readily recyclable at end-of-life
Green fact sheets for sustainable disposal products
Minimizing hazardous materials and hazardous waste in the lab is a win for both safety and the environment. Fewer hazards can lower exposure risk for lab personnel and reduce costs for hazardous waste disposal.
Criteria for less hazardous products
We have rigorously evaluated products to ensure they meet at least one of the following:
- Is inherently less hazardous
- Reduces the need to use other hazardous materials
- Generates less hazardous waste
- Is reformulated so as not to require Dangerous Good for Transport (TDG) classification
- Free of ozone depleting substances
Green fact sheets for less hazardous products
- Attune and Attune NxT Flow Cytometers
- ChargeSwitch Technology
- Click-iT and Click-iT DIBO Detection and Labeling Reagents
- Stabilized Blood-to-Ct Nucleic Acid Preparation Kits
- Cells-to-Ct Kits
- SYBR Safe DNA Gel Stain
- PureLink Quick Gel Extraction Kit
- ProLong Gold Antifade Reagents, ProLong Antifade Kits and SlowFade Gold Antifade Reagents
- NA-Fluor Influenza Neuraminidase Assay Kit
- NA-XTD Influenza Neuraminidase Assay Kit
- TaqMan miRNA ABC Purification Kit
- SimplyBlue SafeStain
- SYPRO Tangerine Protein Gel Stain
Eliminates ethanol and acetic acid, reducing hazardous waste by 120 mL per gel
Alternative to radioisotope labeling
When minimizing waste in your lab, every little bit helps. The products listed below support your work while reducing materials typically bound for a landfill, helping shrink your costs along with your footprint.
Criteria for products that generate less waste and use fewer resources
We have rigorously evaluated products to ensure they meet at least one of the following:
- Reduces the need to use other materials
- Product is made with less material
- Product contains recycled content
- Product contains content from renewable resources
ProQuantum Immunoassay Kits generate 47–59% less plastic waste than ELISAs and use 230 mL less water per assay, and have 84% less packaging material
Green fact sheets for less waste products
From cold storage and instruments to temperature-sensitive chemicals, labs can consume a lot of energy. Our energy-efficient products help power your work and support your sustainability objectives without compromising performance.
Criteria for products that are energy efficient
We have rigorously evaluated products to ensure they meet at least one of the following:
For instruments
- Operates with less energy
- Meets a publicly recognized standard for energy efficiency
For chemicals
- Reactions do not require external temperature control
- Reagents designed for ambient storage
Green fact sheets for energy efficient products
- Lab Armor Beads
- StepOneTM Real-Time PCR System
- 3500xL Genetic Analyzer
- Heratherm Refrigerated Incubators
- Safe Imager 2.0 Blue-Light Transilluminator
- ViiA 7 Real-Time PCR System
- TSX Series Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers
- TrypLETM Enzyme
- 1300 Series Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinets
- TSX Series High-Performance Undercounter Refrigerators
Use up to 68% less energy than previous models
Use up to 42% less energy than competitive models
Packaging must protect the product inside—but that doesn’t have to mean sacrificing sustainability. We’re finding solutions to reduce packaging, replace non-recyclable materials and ship products at ambient temperatures whenever feasible. Our goals are to give you less packaging waste, maximize packaging recyclability and reduce package size for more efficient shipping and storage in the lab.
Criteria for products with sustainable packaging
We have rigorously evaluated products to ensure they meet at least one of the following:
- Product requires no packaging
- Product shipped ambient instead of cold chain
- Product has less packaging material
- Packaging designed to be reusable
- Packaging designed to be degradable/recyclable
Products that now ship ambient instead of cold chain
- TaqMan Genomic Assays
- Custom Primers and TaqMan Probes
- ProLong Gold and SlowFade GoldAntifade Reagents
- AmpliTaq Gold 360 and AmpliTaq 360 DNA Polymerases
- Capillary Electrophoresis Running Buffers
- Lipofectamine Transfection reagents
- GlutaMAX-I Media Supplement
- DNA Ladders
- TaqMan VIC or FAM labeled MGB endogenous controls
300,000 fewer coolers per year
Through our “Go Ambient” program we have been evaluating whether or not products that currently ship cold could ship ambient. Through rigorous stability and performance analysis, we evaluate whether or not short-duration ambient shipment has any effect on the immediate and long-term product quality. Each year we ship 300,000 fewer EPS coolers and use nearly 2,500 fewer metric tons of refrigerant. This reduces waste for customers and cuts carbon emissions.
Green fact sheets for sustainable packaging products
- AmpliTaq Gold 360 and AmpliTaq 360 DNA Polymerases
- StepOnePlus Real-Time PCR Systems
- 10X Running Buffers, 3730 Series and 310X Series Anode Buffer Container and Cathode Buffer Container, 3500 Series
- Custom Primers and TaqMan Probes
- TaqMan Assays
- DNA Ladders
- GlutaMAXTM-I Media Supplement
- Lipofectamine 2000 and Lipofectamine RNAiMAX Transfection Reagents
- ProLong Gold Antifade Reagents, ProLong Antifade Kits and SlowFade Gold Antifade Reagents
- 7300 / 7500 Real-Time PCR Systems Spectral Calibration Kits
- PureLink Quick Gel Extraction Kit
- NA-Fluor Influenza Neuraminidase Assay Kit
- NA-XTD Influenza Neuraminidase Assay Kit
- iBlot 2 Dry Blotting System
- Nunc Conical Sterile Centrifuge Tubes
- TrypLE Enzyme
- UltraPure Agarose Products
- ProQuantum High-Sensitivity Immunoassay Kits
We are working to close the loop for products that have reached their end-of-life by partnering and designing for sustainable disposal. Excess instruments and consumables waste don’t have to take up space in your lab or the landfill. We are working to take back or help you recycle what remains.
Criteria for products with sustainable disposal options
Products have been rigorously evaluated to ensure they meet at least one of the following:
For instruments
- Is designed to be upgradeable to extend life
- Product has a take-back program in place
- Product is readily recyclable at end of life
For plastic consumables and reagents
- Is reusable or returnable
- Readily recyclable at end-of-life
Green fact sheets for sustainable disposal products
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