You finish drinking a bottle of water ... do you throw away the bottle, or do you recycle it?  
You use up a bottle of PBS... do you throw away the bottle, or do you recycle it?

For years there has been a disconnect between the way we behave in our private lives, and the way we behave in the lab.  One of the primary reasons for this is that until recently, it wasn't really possible to recycle many lab consumables.  Not that they *couldn't* be recycled - just that no one would take them.  But that tide is rapidly turning, as many waste management companies, and manufacturers, realize the value of recycling materials from the lab.

Gloves, pipet tip boxes, Styrofoam containers, cardboard - all of these are readily recyclable in most lab facilities.  Even conical tubes, centrifuge and microcentrifuge tubes, pipet tips, reagent and chemical containers, and glass bottles can be recycled in many labs.  Ask your EH&S or Facility Management representative about recycling in your facility.

And remember - as great as it is to recycle, it is better to eliminate the waste stream through reduction or reuse.