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• New green chems and a notice

  The green blogger is indisposed for the rest of the week doing her real job. She promised to make it up for it next week. For now, here is September's new green chemical picks to chew on: 1. Rohm and Haas plastic additive - Rohm and Haas showcased... Posted Oct 01 2008, 11:40 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Company initiatives, Products, General, R&D, bioplastic, fertilizer, solvent, lubricants, plasticizer

• Dow forced to halt work at Chakan

  In yet another blow to Dow Chemical's plans for India the company has had to halt work on its new R&D centre at Chakan , near Pune, following instructions from the Maharashtra chief minister. The government's directive was aimed at appeasing... Posted Oct 01 2008, 08:15 AM by India Chemicals Blog Filed under: India, R&D, Dow Chemical, Companies, Government Policy, Chakan

• No plastic bag ban from Wal-Mart

  Much to the relief of the chemical and plastic manufacturing community , the big box retailer giant Wal-Mart opts to reduce, reuse and recycle instead of implementing plastic shopping bag bans. Yesterday, Wal-Mart announced its goal to reduce its global... Posted Sep 26 2008, 06:46 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Wal-Mart, Company initiatives, General, R&D, Government, bans, plastic bag, recycle, Health and safety, garbage, reuse

• No more explosive fertilizers!

  Honeywell can be commended in the development of its new ammonium nitrate-based fertilizer, which the company said is not only as effective as the traditional product but it has lower explosive potential, which is very significant when it comes to cutting... Posted Sep 23 2008, 05:31 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Company initiatives, Products, Investments, R&D, Government, terrorists, Honeywell, fertilizer, explosives

• Bio-diapers on the market

  I finally found a greener diaper product that could probably help an environmentalist mom's dilemma between choosing an inconvenient washable cloth or non-biodegradable/compostable disposable diapers. gDiapers , which is being marketed (limitedly... Posted Sep 18 2008, 02:42 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, Company initiatives, Products, Investments, General, R&D, biodegradable, compostable, diaper

• US cars ready to be electrified?

  Are US consumers ready to convert to plug-in electric automobiles? General Motor sure hoped so because it doesn't want another billion-dollar electric vehicle project to go down the drain as what happened with their EV1 commuter car in mid 1990s,... Posted Sep 17 2008, 06:25 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Company initiatives, Products, Investments, General, R&D, GM, electric vehicles, batteries, lithium ion

• Tires on the road to green

  You don't usually associate Danisco, globally-known for its yummy biscuits, in producing rubber tire chemicals. However, Danisco's biotechnology company Genencor has been active in producing renewable-based chemicals and fuels, and just this week... Posted Sep 16 2008, 05:50 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: rubber, Company initiatives, green, Products, Investments, General, R&D, ICB, plastic, cars, biobased, tires, isoprene

• Breakthrough in sugar chemicals

  Another eureka moment in the world of green chemistry is Genomatica 's development of sugar-based 1,4 butanediol (BDO), a key feedstock in the manufacturing of hundreds of industrial chemicals for making plastics, rubber and fiber products. The privately... Posted Sep 16 2008, 04:36 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: biofuel, chemicals, Company initiatives, Products, Investments, General, R&D, Sugar, biobased, succinic acid, starch, 3-HPA, ethylene, BDO

• Top sustainable companies

  ICIS Chemical Business (the magazine I work for) released yesterday its Top 100 global chemical companies based on their financial performance, and Germany's BASF topped the chart with $85bn (EUR61bn) in 2007 sales. Just less than a week ago, BASF... Posted Sep 16 2008, 01:37 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Company initiatives, Products, Investments, General, studies and reports, R&D, sustainability, chemical, index, global, rank, Dow Jones

• Vegetable seed cleans up toxic soils

  Irish scientists are looking at the vegetable oilseed rapeseed, which is currently being used as a raw material to produce biodiesel, to also help clean up soils that are contaminated with heavy metals such as arsenic, copper, zinc and chromium. By injecting... Posted Sep 15 2008, 02:02 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: biofuel, Environment, General, R&D, contamination, soil, Ireland, rapeseed

• Eastman on cosmetic sustainability

  The green blog is fortunate enough to get Jim McCaulley, Eastman Chemical 's global market development manager, to provide some cosmetic sustainability insights through, I believe, is the blog's first podcast. According to McCaulley, sustainability... Posted Sep 14 2008, 05:38 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Podcast, Company initiatives, green, Products, Investments, General, R&D, cosmetic, sustainability, personal care, Eastman

• Cosmetic show in full green force

  I've been running around at the annual HBA cosmetic event in New York city for the past two days and that led me to not being able to do my blogging job, for which I apologize. Fortunately, the 3-day show is full of green news, events and presentations... Posted Sep 11 2008, 12:29 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Regulation, Company initiatives, green, Products, General, studies and reports, R&D, cosmetic, sustainability, packaging, Award, show

• Low battery? Charged it with vodka!

  Here's a really good invention (according to my non-scientific survey). iPod addicts will probably developed alcoholic tendency as well now that you can charge your beloved MP3 (or any other portable consumer electronics) with vodka or other household... Posted Sep 04 2008, 10:41 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: ethanol, Company initiatives, Products, General, R&D, electronics, fuel cell, alcohol

• Corn in solar panel

  Solar is becoming more green thanks to development of several biobased materials. In this instance, solar panel manufacturer Solar Panels Plus developed SPP corn glycol for use as a heat transfer fluid in solar thermal system. The company said the corn... Posted Sep 03 2008, 02:28 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Corn, Company initiatives, Products, General, R&D, solar panel, propylene glycol

• Washing machines of the future

  Yesterday, all in the US were celebrating the Labor Day holiday and it was indeed a labor weekend for me. I agreed to help my sister with her house moving and not only did I find myself paper lining drawers and closet shelves, I also accompanied her into... Posted Sep 02 2008, 11:37 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Water, Environment, Company initiatives, Products, Investments, General, R&D, detergent, energy-saving, washing machine