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The Nexus Blog and Newsletter is published by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® to connect and expand the global green chemistry and engineering community. Learn more about us: www.acs.org/gci.
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Turning Waste Streams into High-Performance Polyols

Contributed by Dr. Gary Spilman, Principal Scientist, Resinate Materials Group®.

Environmental, health and safety concerns continue to drive rapid growth for environmentally friendly, low VOC coatings. This growth, further compounded by increased social aw

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NFL Goes Green with TempLine™ Field Marking Paints

Contributed by Jim Brady, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Eco Chemical, Inc.

This year, the NFL will be recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl.  In preparation, the NFL has already set the wheels in motion for appropriate decoration of N

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Inside Honeywell Solstice® Products: Essential tools for climate change abatement

Ann Lee-Jeffs, Green Chemistry Program Manager at ACS Green Chemistry Institute (ACS GCI) had an engaging interview with Rajiv Banavali,Chief Technology Officer, Fluorine Products at Honeywell about some of the exemplary new climate change-abating chemist

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Green Chemistry and Climate Change: From producer to consumer of carbon dioxide

Contributed by Pietro Tundo, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Can chemical industry evolve from a producer of CO2 to a consumer of CO2 as a carbon source?

The urgency of anthropogenic climate change deserves more research att

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L’OREAL’S  COMMITMENT  TO  GREEN  CHEMISTRY

Contributed by Michel Philippe, PhD Senior Research Associate Sustainable Transformations Manager L’ORÉAL Research & Innovation


A STRONG COMMITMENT FOR OVER 10 YEARS

L’Oréal was the first corporation in the cosmetics industry to integrate Green Chemistry pr

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Optimized Biocatalysts for Green Cosmetics

Contributed by Annette Doerfel, Communications Manager OPTIBIOCAT, BIOCOM AG, Prof Vincenza Faraco, project Coordinator OPTIBIOCAT, University of Naples “Federico II”


When strolling the supermarket aisles, it becomes apparent that an increasing number of p

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Greening Up Our Ocean Blue

Summer is upon us, and for many that means getting out on the water. Sailboats, powerboats, canoes, all are great choices for enjoying the open blue and we're not the only species that enjoys our boats. There are a host of organisms that love the undersid

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Water Scarcity and Chemical Manufacturing: Do You Have a License to Operate?

Contributed by Jeffrey Whitford, Director of Global Citizenship at Sigma-Aldrich

In a world of constrained resources are you thinking about water use – specifically in your research?  If you answered yes, maybe you live in California, where Governor Jerry

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2015 Green Chemistry Business Plan Competition: Meet the Semifinalists & Cast Your Vote

Do you want to make an impact on issues like climate change, reliance on fossil fuels,  environmental contamination, unsafe chemicals in consumer products, and conflict minerals use?

VOTE for the next wave of innovation that will provide real solutions to

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Creating Environments to Foster Healing

Contributed by Jeffrey Brown, Executive Director of Practice Greenhealth

Health care professionals are charged with creating environments that foster quality health care delivery, patient healing and healthy workplaces for staff. For over fifteen years, pa

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Pharmaceutical Roundtable Kicks Off 10-Year Anniversary Celebrations with Catalysis Symposium

Universities can be a major resource for industrial innovation, especially when the two collaborate to generate new knowledge and impact. Engaging with academia is key to the strategy of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute’s Pharmaceutical Roundtable. Year

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GC&E 2016 Heads to the City of Roses

Although there is no official government ranking of which city is the most sustainable city in the United States, a constant contender on the numerous amateur lists has been Portland, Oregon.

According to the International Business Times, some of the facto

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Novel Applications of Natural Materials for More Sustainable Buildings

Contributed by Douglas Fox, Department of Chemistry, American University, Washington, DC

Our research group helps to improve the sustainability of buildings and cities by focusing on the development of affordable and effective flame retardants that are syn

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Dr. Deborah Mielewski: Greening automobiles from the inside out

Henry Ford:

“For a long time now, I have believed that industry & agriculture are natural partners & that they should begin to recognize & practice their partnership. Each of them is suffering from ailments which the other can cure. Agriculture needs a wid

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Biobased Chemicals and Fuels from Poplar Trees

Contributed by Orion Lekos PhD, WSU Extension Biofuel Specialist

Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest (AHB) is a consortium of university and industry partners exploring innovative technology using biological and chemical processes to convert poplar into b

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