Reuse of consumable pipette tips for large-scale trace analysis of contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater

2025/01/01 by Amber Vaughan, Yassir El Hadri, Juditha Gurumurthy +6 · 1 voice
Environmental Science · #Chemistry and Chemical Engineering #Microplastics and Plastic Pollution #Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d5su00644a

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

This study shows that solvent-based washing enables safe pipette tip reuse for trace chemical analysis, with EtOH : H 2 O (50 : 50, v/v) providing the best balance of cleaning, and sustainability, reducing plastic waste without performance loss.

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