Polycarbin Recycling Services
Polycarbin makes sustainable more attainable.
Polycarbin is a Closed-Loop recycling program built for the life science and healthcare industries. By collecting and recycling lab plastics, nitrile gloves, PPE, flexible packaging, and more, Polycarbin keeps materials out of landfills and incinerators and brings them back into the scientific supply chain.
Polycarbin transforms your costly waste into valuable data.
Through waste diversion, chain of custody tracking, and our ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Polycarbin converts every pound of recycled material into verified sustainability metrics. Scientists and sustainability teams use these insights to track impact, drive efficiency, and meet institutional as well as market-wide goals.
Polycarbin is a local solution to a global problem.
Through waste diversion, chain of custody tracking, and our ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Polycarbin converts every pound of recycled material into verified sustainability metrics. Scientists and sustainability teams use these insights to track impact, drive efficiency, and meet institutional as well as market-wide goals.
- Mailback Services
- Core Services
How Mailback Services Work
Pack It → Seal it → Send it
Leverage Mailback services for smaller volumes of rigid plastics, nitrile gloves, and PPE. Each box includes a pre-attached return shipping label that links each shipment to impact metrics hosted on the Carbin Counter™ dashboard.
Alpha Carbin™ — Recycle Any Brand of Pipette Tip Box
Recycle any brand of pipette tip box with Polycarbin’s Alpha Carbin. Each Alpha Carbin case includes five boxes with lids and comes with pre-attached return shipping labels for simple, hassle-free returns.
Beta Carbin™ — Recycling Any Brand of Rigid Laboratory Plastics
Polycarbin’s Clear and Color Beta Carbin programs offer an easy and intuitive way to recycle your rigid plastics. Designed for scientists aiming to address up to 90% of their non-hazardous, non-infectious plastic footprint, each case includes five boxes with lids and comes with pre-attached return shipping labels for simple, hassle-free returns.
Gamma Carbin™ — Recycle Any Brand of Nitrile Gloves
Polycarbin’s Gamma Carbin is a simple and intuitive solution for recycling nitrile gloves. Each case includes five boxes with lids and comes with pre-attached return shipping labels for simple, hassle-free returns.
Delta Carbin™ — Recycle Any Brand of PPE
Polycarbin’s Delta Carbin is a closed-loop PPE recycling solution for non-woven materials like gowns, booties, sleeves, and hairnets. Each Delta Carbin includes five boxes with lids and comes with pre-attached return shipping.
CORE™ Services
For high-volume labs, CORE Services delivers fully integrated recycling for rigid plastics, nitrile gloves, PPE, flexible packaging, Expanded Polystyrene (Styrofoam), lab glass, and more. We provide:
- Waste audits and custom quotes
- On-site training for lab and EH&S teams
- Collection hardware with QR-coded linked tutorials
- Scheduled logistics and real-time reporting
CORE Services consolidates recovery for maximum impact with minimum disruption and cost.
The Carbin Counter™ Customer Dashboard
Turn every pound of recycled material into verifiable impact metrics. The Carbin Counter™ tracks your sustainability journey across six key metrics:
- CO2 emissions reduced
- Fresh water conserved
- Fossil fuels displaced
- Environmental acidification reduced
- Environmental eutrophication reduced
- Local smog formation reduced
Powered by an ISO 14040 & 14044 compliant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), the Carbin Counter™ provides credible, evidence-based data to help you achieve Zero Waste goals while streamlining Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
