Polycarbin Recycling Services

Polycarbin makes sustainable more attainable.

Polycarbin is a closed-loop recycling program built for the life sciences and healthcare industries. By collecting and recycling lab plastics, nitrile gloves, PPE, flexible packaging, and more, Polycarbin helps keep 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.

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 Alpha Carbin™ boxes. Each Alpha Carbin case includes five boxes with lids and comes with pre-attached return shipping labels for simple, hassle-free returns.

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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.

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Gamma Carbin—Recycle Any Brand of Nitrile Gloves

Polycarbin Gamma Carbin™ boxes provide 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.

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Delta Carbin—Recycle Any Brand of PPE

Polycarbin Delta Carbin™ boxes provide a closed-loop PPE recycling solution for non-woven materials like gowns, booties, sleeves, and hairnets. Each Delta Carbin case includes five boxes with lids and comes with pre-attached return shipping.

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