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Yes, all Eppendorf BioBased consumables — such as tubes, plates, and tips — are designed to be fully compatible with the same applications as their standard counterparts. Whether you’re handling samples and reagents, performing storage, preparing for assays, or working with cell and microorganism cultures, BioBased consumables can be used seamlessly in your routine laboratory workflows.
Importantly, Eppendorf BioBased consumables offer the same safety and assay performance as conventional products. This includes equivalent centrifugation stability, lid tightness, storage temperature tolerance, and low leaching levels. For detailed, product-specific performance comparisons, please refer to the respective application notes, where the performance of BioBased products has been directly compared with standard products and shown to deliver the same results.
In addition to maintaining high quality and reliability, these BioBased products provide a sustainable alternative for laboratories aiming to reduce their environmental impact or achieve specific sustainability goals—without compromising on performance.

No, Eppendorf Safe-Lock Tubes Biobased are functionally equivalent to their counterparts made of standard material. They exhibit identical performance across all key parameters, including centrifugation stability, lid tightness, and chemical resistance. The tubes are manufactured to the same high purity standards and demonstrate equal assay performance. Testing across typical molecular and cell biology workflows — such as bacterial culture, sample storage, and PCR — confirmed no differences in functionality. Furthermore, the Biobased version maintains the same low levels of leachables, ensuring consistent sample integrity.

Founded in 2010 through a multi-stakeholder initiative, the International
Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) is a globally applicable and
leading certification system designed to enhance traceable, sustainable,
deforestation-free, and climate-friendly supply chains. ISCC certifications are
widely recognised and cover sustainable agricultural biomass, biogenic
wastes and residues, non-biological renewable materials and recycled
carbon-based materials. The development and implementation of different
certification standards is ISCC’s tool to promote its mission to mitigate climate
change and bring more traceability into global markets and supply chains.

The ISCC PLUS standard, in particular, supports the transition to a circular
economy and bioeconomy. This voluntary certification standard validates the
sustainability characteristics of alternative feedstocks throughout the entire
supply chain, from origin to end consumer.

epT.I.P.S. BioBased Reloads are pipette tip trays encapsuled with a bottom and a lid part, each reload separately wrapped in foil, to assure sterility of each tray. They are available exclusively for epT.I.P.S.^® BioBased Biopur^®, ep Dualfilter T.I.P.S.^® BioBased PCR clean/Sterile and ep Dualfilter T.I.P.S.^® SealMax^® BioBased Biopur^® pipette tips and are made from recycled renewable feedstock.
epT.I.P.S. Reloads in Eppendorf Quality or PCR clean purity have several filled trays packed as either two dual-sided trays interlocked with each other, or five trays stacked.

​A Sterile Reload must be inserted into the epT.I.P.S.^® Box 2.0 prior to use (QUICKSTART GUIDE or 3D-ANIMATION-VIDEO). They cannot be inserted into the predecessor epT.I.P.S.^® Box, Eppendorf Racks or competitor Boxes. You can identify your epT.I.P.S.^® Box 2.0 at the "Box 2.0" printed on its front (see epT.I.P.S. packaging options).

No, the material used for Eppendorf BioBased consumables is not simply recycled food oil waste. While the renewable-based feedstock often originates from sources like food oil wastes and residues, it undergoes an advanced and thorough refinement process. During this process, the renewable-based feedstock is extensively purified and broken down (de-polymerized) into its pure monomer building blocks.
These pure monomers are then used in a classical polyolefin manufacturing process to create entirely new polypropylene. The result is a material that is chemically identical to virgin (new) polypropylene—ensuring high purity and performance.
For a detailed overview of this process, please refer to the figure below or visit our information page

Yes! All Eppendorf BioBased consumables—such as tubes, plates, and tips—are made from high-quality, refined polypropylene that possesses the same mechanical and chemical properties as the virgin polypropylene historically used in standard Eppendorf products. This means that critical safety and performance parameters—including centrifugation stability, lid tightness, leaching levels, and overall durability—are identical between BioBased and standard consumables.
The chemical resistance profile of BioBased consumables is also equivalent to that of conventional Eppendorf materials. For a comprehensive overview, please refer to Application Note No. 056, “The best material for original Eppendorf Tubes^® and Plates: Properties and chemical resistance of polypropylene.” If you require information about the compatibility of a specific substance or chemical not listed in the application note, please contact your local Eppendorf representative.
In summary, you can expect the same reliability, safety, and performance from Eppendorf BioBased consumables as you do from their standard counterparts.

All Eppendorf BioBased consumables—including tubes, plates, and tips—are manufactured using renewable-based feedstock, which is typically recycled from food oil wastes and residues. In addition, small percentage of fossil-based feedstock may be used in some cases. The exact percentage of BioBased material can vary between different products; detailed information about the composition is provided in the individual product certificates.
The renewable-based feedstock used in these consumables is strictly monitored and certified by the ISCC PLUS System (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification), which is a globally recognized certification scheme for manufacturers of renewable-based polymers and related products. This certification ensures that the raw materials are fully traceable back to their first collection points and that their origins are from certified suppliers committed to sustainability.
For precise details on the amount of renewable ressources of a specific product, please refer to the individual certificate associated with that product.

The Sterile Reloads reduce waste volume by approx. 30 % and use 40–54 % less raw material compared to the disposable Eppendorf Racks. Additionally, the tips are made of plastic from renewable resources which can be traced back to biological sources. Together the epT.I.P.S.^® Sterile Reloads offer a sustainable alternative for all customers with sustainability targets or those who want to reduce the CO2‐footprint of their lab workflows.

These Tubes are available in purity Sterile (sterile, pyrogen-free, DNase/RNase and DNA (human & bacterial) free) for advanced applications like microorganism or cell culture with subsequent biomolecule purification or assay setup
For general and lot-specific certificates please refer to Eppendorf website www.eppendorf.com/certificates .

epT.I.P.S.^® BioBased as bulk ware in bags are available in epQuality.

epT.I.P.S.^® BioBased, ep Dualfilter T.I.P.S. BioBased and ep Dualfilter T.I.P.S.^® SealMax^® BioBased are available as Sterile Reloads. The purity grades of the Sterile Reload is determined by the pipette tips it contains. The following tips and filter tips are available in the "Sterile Reload" packaging option:

epT.I.P.S.^® BioBased: Biopur^®
ep Dualfilter T.I.P.S.^® BioBased: PCR clean/Sterile
ep Dualfilter T.I.P.S.^® SealMax^® BioBased: Biopur^®

For detailed descriptions please refer to the EPPENDORF PURITY GRADES SELECTION GUIDE.