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The Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Green Chemistry Institute has partnered with the organization Beyond Benign to establish a new initiative ‘The Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC)‘ to support green chemistry education. For more than 20 years, educators from a wide variety of institutions, from K-12 to higher education universities and colleges, have been … Continue reading
GC3 Seeks Applicants for 2019 Technology Showcase
The Green Chemistry & Commerce Council (GC3), a business-to-business collaborative that drives the commercial adoption of green chemistry, has issued a call for applications from startup companies to compete in the GC3 Startup Network’s 4th Annual Technology Showcase. Startups will compete for the opportunity to pitch their chemicals, materials, products, and manufacturing technologies to investors … Continue reading
OPINION: The Pros and Cons of Green Alternatives in Chemical Manufacturing
Guest Post from Boropharm, Inc. The chemical manufacturing industry touches every aspect of modern life. From apples to Zoloft, there is virtually nothing that doesn’t require chemicals to produce. In the 1990s, amidst growing awareness of the hazardous impacts of the chemical industry, the green chemistry revolution was launched by American chemists Paul T. Anastas … Continue reading
EPA calls for 2017 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards nomination
My apologies for the lack of posts this month as I have been busy working on Tecnon OrbiChem’s new blog site and other social media networks. We also launched late last month our new Handbook of Commercial Bio-based Chemicals and it is great to say that it has gathered quite an attention from both the petrochemicals … Continue reading
EPA Calls for the 21st Presidential Green Chemistry Award Nominations
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now accepting entries for nominations for its 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for companies or institutions that have developed a process or product that better protects public health and the environment. Since the start of the program, EPA has received more than 1,500 nominations and presented awards for 104 … Continue reading
Roquette Green Chemistry & Fermentation Symposium 2014
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