That’s a wrap! The American Chemical Society's Green Chemistry Institute would like to sincerely thank all of the 579 attendees who presented and participated in the 23rd Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference and 9th International Green and Sust
... moreContributed by Rachel Simon, Senior Research Associate, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, and Lauren Heine, Senior Science Advisor, Northwest Green Chemistry; Director of Safer Materials and Data Integrity, MaterialWise; and member of the ACS Gree
... moreWe have just wrapped up the joint 23rd Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference/ 9th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry in Reston, Virginia. We were thrilled to welcome more than 600 attendees to this year’s conference, whi
... moreThe 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
... moreOrganizers: Se Ryeon Lee, Research Group Leader; Chad Landis, Research Associate; Kristin Nuzzio, Senior Research Chemist, PPG Industries
Converting an economy that is still largely linear (Take-Make-Dispose), to a circular economy where waste streams can
... moreOrganizers: David J. C. Constable, Science Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute; Xianlai Zeng, Associate Professor, School of Environment, Tsinghua University
There is a growing list of elements that are considered strategic metals; they are rare, expe
... moreOrganizers: Peter A. Reinhardt, Director, Office of Environmental Health & Safety, Yale University; Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO, Environmental Safety Manager, Keene State College
There are many commonalities and shared principles between the fields of chemica
... moreOrganizers: Gonghu Li, Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire; Jonathan Rochford, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
The green chemistry community, and indeed most of the general populace, are well aware of the negative effec
... moreThe Association for the Advancement of Alternatives Assessment (A4) is a professional association solely dedicated to advancing the science, practice, and policy of alternatives assessment and informed substitution. A4 offers the opportunity to connect wi
... 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
... moreOrganizer: Joseph Sabol, Chemical Consultant
This symposium is about industrially viable processes to utilize carbon dioxide as a raw material feedstock (as opposed to current venting to the atmosphere or deep-well injection.) Attendees can expect to learn
... moreOrganizer: Love-Ese Chile, Bioplastic Specialist and Consultant, Grey to Green Sustainable Solutions
As the world becomes more educated and aware of the environmental issues facing our planet and the consequences of not addressing them, there has been a su
... moreOrganizers: Paul D. Thornton; Laura M. Reyes, Career Development Leader, Chemical Institute of Canada
In addition to having a great innovation and a solid business plan, an equally important element for creating a successful start-up is developing partners
... moreOrganizers: Tony Bova, CEO, mobius; Anna Zhenova, MS, Ph.D. Student, University of York
Every day, people across the world throw away and discard items they think have outlived their usefulness. Wheat straw, potato peels, tree bark, shrimp shells, and eve
... moreOrganizers: Jun Li, Senior Principal Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb; Jared Piper, Director, Pfizer
Artificial Intelligence. What was once solely the subject of science fiction movies and novels, is rapidly starting to become a more prominent tool and asse
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