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An eco-responsible laboratory at Laflèche College

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The chemistry department of Laflèche College has joined the My Ecolabo program, an eco-responsible laboratory program. In fact, the Laflèche College chemistry laboratory has been showing level 1 Ecolabo certification for a few months.   Laboratory users have already implemented several targeted eco-responsible actions to ensure the maintenance and progression of the certification levels of the program: reduction of electricity consumption, recycling of materials and latex gloves through programs such as Terracycle, replacement of toxic products with ecological substitutes, etc. In addition, membership in the Ecolabo program is reflected in the educational component since the teaching of the eco-responsible and ecological vision is now also done in the classroom.   Orchestrated by a team of eco-leader volunteers from the University of Montreal, the My Ecolabo program aims, a priori, to raise awareness and present the benefits of eco-responsible laboratory practices and to improve laboratory management to make them more sustainable. Through concrete actions, members of the Écolabo program undertake to reduce the ecological impact of the laboratory's activities.