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Solutions for Green Chemistry
Welcome...please explore our consumer and trade information that supports effective solutions for American homes, furniture businesses and our communities' wellbeing. Solutions for Green Chemistry provides information on sustainable value in selecting, buying, and caring for healthier home and workplace environments.
RECENT ARTICLES
The California Green Ribbon Science Panel (GRSP) seeks public input for green chemistry to draft safer alternatives for pollution prevention. [Continue...]
Tenet #1 for green chemistry: It is better to prevent waste than to treat or clean up waste after it has been created. [Continue...]
Paper has a long history of "grass" based feedstock -- think papyrus and even cotton! Maybe it's time to rethink trees as the best natural resource for papermaking. The chemicals used to convert wood into pulp requires enormous quantities of very caustic, very toxic chemicals. Green chemistry could be a way of exploring other fibers that require less chemicals and less toxic chemicals for the papermaking process. [Continue...]
In an ongoing effort to increase recycling in California, support
environmental education and keep litter out of our waterways, the
American Chemistry Council (ACC) joined LA City Councilman Ed
Reyes and representatives of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps on the
banks of the LA River to announce a $100,000 contribution from ACC's
Plastics Division, Progressive Bag Affiliates and Plastic Foodservice
Packaging Group to the LA River Keepers program. [Continue...]
"Green business is today's buzz...but putting green to work is still a challenge. Solutions for Green brings you practical green information and links to solutions so you can implement best practices. Together we can green our workplaces, communities and homes." Carolyn Allen, Managing Editor and Publisher
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