By David Constable Science Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute
Over the past few months we’ve highlighted the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), showing just a few of the many ways in which chemistry plays an enormous part in achieving the goa
... moreThe ACS Green Chemistry Institute® convened companies in the oil and gas industry at the annual ACS GCI Hydraulic Fracturing Roundtable recently to discuss greener chemicals and processes in hydraulic fracturing. Baker Hughes hosted the meeting at their W
... moreBy David Constable, Science Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute
In 2013, members of the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute (ACS GCI) Chemical Manufacturers Roundtable (ChMRT), conceived a project to identify how to fundamentally change
... moreBy Christiana Briddell, Sr. Communications Manager, ACS GCI; Jennifer MacKellar, Program Manager, ACS GCI; Marta Gmurczyk, Safety Portfolio Manager, ACS
Today’s environmental headlines are replete with sustainability topics from climate change to plastics
... moreRepresenting the largest body of chemists in the world, the American Chemical Society has an important role to play in supporting its members and working with partners committed to addressing global sustainability challenges. In part two of this series, w
... moreDr. Bryony Core, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx
We live in the age of plastic. Our lives have become so enmeshed with it that it is becoming impossible to avoid in day to day life. Its uses are myriad: saving lives in medical devices, reducing carbo
The American Chemical Society's Green Chemistry Institute (ACS GCI) was honored to partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to host the 2019 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards ceremony and reception at the EPA headquarters in Washington D.C. th
... moreContributed by Samy Ponnusamy, Fellow & Global Manager, Green Chemistry, MilliporeSigma
The 12 principles of green chemistry provide a conceptual framework for green chemistry that is globally accepted, which was an important starting point. As the practi
... moreHas the growing awareness of the reality and impacts of disposable plastic pollution finally started to change the marketplace? It seems that many factors are coming together to shift food packaging options away from plastic lately. Maybe this scenario ri
... moreBy Paul Richardson, Director, Oncology Chemistry, Pfizer and Juan Colberg, Senior Director within CRD, Pfizer
The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable convened on October 9-10, 2018 at the Pfizer site in Groton, Connecticut for their fall meeting. With the va
... moreBy Mr. Philip Krook, Communications Officer, ChemSec
Last week I heard a word that I had never heard before. It was a term explaining a phenomenon that has skyrocketed in the last years. The word was uberization.
At the time, I could already guess the meani
... moreBy Louis Diorazio, Pharmaceutical Technology and Development, AstraZeneca
Solvents are commonplace chemicals across industry and academia. In many cases, the bulk of the materials that chemists process are solvents with the ‘interesting stuff’ present onl
... moreThe non-agrarian among us may not know this, but petroleum-derived, non-biodegradable, effectively non-recyclable plastic mulch is used extensively in farms across America to control weeds, retain moisture in the soil, and increase crop yields.
My own expe
... moreThe Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pa. has announced it is seeking nominations for the 2019 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science of individuals who have made significant contributions to green and sustainable chemistry. The prizewinner wi
... moreContributed by Jane Murray, Ph.D., Global Head of Green Chemistry, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (MilliporeSigma)
Summary
Increasing the availability of safer, sustainable solvents is expected to significantly impact industrial Green Chemistry programs. Cy
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