Chemists are striving to find unique, effective and eco-friendly ideas for creating sustainable polymers. Entrepreneurs, Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre went outside the box when coming up with an innovative way to create a sustainable polymer, resulting in

A start-up company in Scotland is working to capitalize on the tons of waste produced by one of the country’s most valued industries and turn the dregs of whisky-making into fuel. Celtic Renewables, formed in 2011, has refined its process based on a centu

Your next pair of spandex pants could be made out of corn — or, more precisely, from dextrose derived from corn. This option is part of a new wave, albeit a small one, of consumer goods that are being produced from plants rather than petroleum-based mater

By Ann Lee-Jeffs, Founder, Sustainability Collaborative

A life without plastics in the 21st century society is a life that is unimaginable and unthinkable for most of us. Plastics are ubiquitous and they are an integral part of our lives: we eat with them,

Press Release contributed by Dr. Sally Humphreys, Business Development Manager, Applied Market Information Ltd.

Everyone is doing it – looking for better materials to become more sustainable. It is good for the environment and it is also good for the brand

Contributed by Adam Halpert, Manager - Research, Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management, McGill Univeristy

While green chemistry is typically seen as the domain of chemists and chemical engineers, social scientists are actively exploring the

Contributed by Jennifer Henderson, Director of Outreach, Education, and Diversity, Laura Seifert, Managing Director , and Marc Hillmyer, Director of the Center for Sustainable Polymers, University of Minnesota CSP

Polymers are long chain molecules comprise

The theme of this month’s Nexus Newsletter is metrics. But what are metrics? And why did we choose to dedicate an entire issue to them? Broadly speaking, metrics are systems of measurement used to track and evaluate performance. They are helpful for compa

Contributed by David Dorman, Professor of Toxicology at North Carolina State University and Chair of the National Research Council committee

Growing concerns about the health and environmental impacts associated with some chemical products and processes—th

While solvents may get all the limelight as being the largest input to pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, reagents, substances or compounds added to a system to create a chemical reaction, are also important components to focus on when taking the gre

This year's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards were given today during a ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Building in the District of Columbia. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency holds these awards annually to recognize companies, small busi

The Process Mass Intensity Calculator (PMI) is used to decrease the amount of material used to make a drug, which is one of the major green chemistry challenges for the pharmaceutical industry. The PMI tool was developed by the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roun

The Solvent Selection Guide was the first green chemistry tool to be developed by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute^® Pharmaceutical Roundtable. This instrument is imperative because, while Process Mass Intensity Tool (PMI) is able to explain how efficient

Contributed by Sudhakar G. Reddy, Ph.D., Coordinator, Sustainable Labs, University of Michigan

The University of Michigan Office of Campus Sustainability Sustainable Labs program earned the 2014 "Go Beyond Award" (pictured below) during the International I

Contributed by Ryan Littich, Scientist, Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.

As a scientist at Elevance, I work with my colleagues to demonstrate to our potential customers and partners the advantages of using our novel, high-performance specialty chemicals