TipCycle began in late 2020 as a response to the pipette tip shortage during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The workflow began with one team member utilizing the cutting-edge technology by Grenova to maintain the high throughput COVID-19  surveillance program responsible for thousands of students and personnel samples a day. As the volume of samples reduced, our goal was to broaden the efficacy of this technology to the wider community here at Georgia Tech. TipCyle as a service was born as a result with the sole purpose to reduce single-plastic usage in laboratories, cut costs, and reduce the strain of supply chain issues.