‘Green’ HPLC is Better and Easier Than You Think

 Being environmentally responsible is easy with small changes  to our daily routine that can really add up.  Each and everyone of us should look to make small changes in our daily habits and work flow to contribute to a cleaner and healthier environment.  For chromatography laboratories, instituting modern and recent technology can be very green and contribute to the overall green effort, more than one might think.  For example, using Cogent TYPE-C™ silica based HPLC columns can easily save costs on the use of solvents and disposal of contaminated HPLC water.  Also, the longer lifetimes of the TYPE-C™ columns mean less steel to be disposed of; smaller sample sizes; faster equilibration times and less sample preparation, all helping a laboratory’s budget. Not only is being green responsible, it also can and should help your lab and company meet financial and throughput goals when properly instituted.