The truth behind science's relationship with plastic
Gloves, sample tubes, bottles and vials – the world’s labs produce millions of tonnes of waste each year. Alice Bell meets the scientists who are finding less polluting ways to work.
Alice Bell is a researcher and writer based in London who specializes in the politics of science, technology and the environment.
She is a science policy blogger for the Guardian, has a monthly column in Popular Science UK, is contributing editor for New Humanist and has written for the Observer, BBC, Times, Times Higher, Al Jazeera, China Dialogue, Research Fortnight and more. She's lectured in science media and policy as well coordinating teaching on global challenges at Imperial College, UCL, City University and the University of Sussex. Alice also has degrees in history of science, sociology of education and a PhD in science communication and spent several years working in the children's galleries at the Science Museum.
Gloves, sample tubes, bottles and vials – the world’s labs produce millions of tonnes of waste each year. Alice Bell meets the scientists who are finding less polluting ways to work.