ICIS Blogs : products

P&G resin wins Green Chem award

Green Chemicals — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:45:49 GMT

This news came in this morning from Procter & Gamble (P&G) Chemicals about their green alkyd resin Chempol® MPS winning this year's EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award under the category Greener Chemicals Design. The resin is...(read more)

Degradable petro plastics: Your thoughts?

Green Chemicals — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:04:06 GMT

Adding to the confusion of bioplastic definition (see comments on previous bioplastic blog) is another growing sector, the development of biodegradable petroleum-based plastics. I'm sure petroleum-plastics eventually degrade give or take a century...(read more)

SC Johnson's sustainable insecticide

Green Chemicals — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:49:07 GMT

Another addition to my biopesticide saga, although this might be my last this summer. For this post, SC Johnson is making sure that one of their key natural insecticide ingredient, Pyrethrum extracted from the dried flower heads of chrysanthemums, is...(read more)

Green trend affects biocide demand

Green Chemicals — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:30:27 GMT

A new report from consulting firm Kline & Company said that the green trend is affecting customers of specialty biocides within the cleaning products sector. Biocides are chemicals used as antimicrobials (and disinfectants). Specialty biocides used...(read more)

Dow Corning green innovation

Green Chemicals — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:50:47 GMT

As mentioned in this week's news roundup, I attended Dow Corning's worldwide press conference (this one held in New York last week) where part of their agenda is to reinforce the company's goals toward sustainability. Dow Corning is a major...(read more)

UL verifies its first green product

Green Chemicals — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:13:44 GMT

Underwriters Laboratories or UL is well known for its safety product testing (just look at the back of your electric appliances for their symbol). Now their venturing into the Eco logo categories with their first-ever green validation announced a few...(read more)

May green chemicals

Green Chemicals — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:33:14 GMT

Green chemical development heats up in May with new product launch announcements emailed to me. Do they deserve to be in the green chemical category or not? 1. Low VOC construction chems - Specialty product manufacturer RectorSeal® has added Low-VOC Read...(read more)

Yummy cosmetic butters

Green Chemicals — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:11:53 GMT

Just got this email from our good friends at BioChemica about their new organic fruit butters for personal care applications, which they launched at the New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) Suppliers' Day . These butters, consisting of fruits...(read more)

Cosmetic suppliers say naturals still hot

Green Chemicals — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:19:49 GMT

As mentioned last week, the green blogger attended this year's annual New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) Suppliers' Day in New Jersey, and based on interviews that I had with several chemical companies, one trend that continues to be...(read more)

More bioplastic news

Green Chemicals — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:01:35 GMT

Here are more green plastic news from last week. Incidentally, I am preparing for a bioplastic article for ICIS Chemical Business so watch out for that in June. First stop is Coca-Cola's announcement of its new plant-based plastic bottle, 30% of which...(read more)

April green chemicals

Green Chemicals — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:33:25 GMT

A record-breaking product launch last month for chemicals that are purportedly eco-friendly, green, sustainable (etc) maybe in celebration of earth week? There were lots of twittering this week about green washing and growing skepticism on "green"...(read more)

Move away DEET! Here comes catnip insect repellent

Green Chemicals — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:19:53 GMT

For the first time in eight years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved a new biopesticide , this time made from catmint plant - a feline's favorite catnip, according to its developer DuPont. The refined Oil of Nepeta cataria can reportedly...(read more)

Cow dung brick from Indonesia

Green Chemicals — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:50:10 GMT

First we had the elephant dung paper products , and now Indonesia's Prasetiya Mulya Business School developed high-quality bricks made from abundantly available cow dung. The school won this year's top $25,000 top prize at the 10th annual Global...(read more)

Natural polyol in Mexican green sandal

Green Chemicals — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:07:59 GMT

Dow Chemical, Wal-Mart Mexico and Grupo Ravi have joined forces to create "Green Comfort" sandal for women in Mexico. The companies said the shoe soles and insole is made up of Dow's natural oil-based polyols. "The eco-sandal is produced...(read more)

Europe favors eco-tire labeling rule

Green Chemicals — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:43:44 GMT

The European Parliament proposed last week for tire manufacturers starting November 2012 to label the fuel efficiency/performance as well as the wet grip and noise performance of tires (or 'tyre' as they spell it in Europe). According to EU lawmakers...(read more)