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Sprouting green chemical companies

Another green US company is ready to revolutionize the way chemicals are produced. Segetis , formed in 2006 and funded by Khosla Ventures, just appointed former Cargill employee James Stoppert as its new president and CEO. I remembered interviewing Mr. Stoppert about their corn-based plastics and ethanol...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-03-2008
Green chemicals in August

The chemical industry has been busy churning out new biobased and other green chemicals last month ranging from cleaners to cookwares to films and foams. I do wonder how prices of some of these chemicals compare to traditional products. Do they still have premiums over petroleum-based products despite...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-03-2008
Stronger US wind power

Here's a nice cool story from the New York Times about a certain Nebraska town and its growing pride in their windy condition. Ainsworth, Nebraska, according to the article, became the state's first major wind farm with 36 wind turbines erected in late 2005. Nebraska Public Power District, the...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-19-2008
Pollution solution in China

As China's Beijing continues to be shrouded with smog days before the Olympic games, more transportation solution is being offered to reduce air pollution from companies such as Segway and Alcoa . Chinese and Olympic officials are going to use the zero-emissions Segway PT for stadium and event hall...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-04-2008
New green chems in July

I thought July would be a lull time for companies to launch new green chemicals but I seem to have my own record-breaking number of products this month. Either that or I'm just lazier the previous months in scanning new product news. Congratulations to the top 7 chemicals that made the list! Why...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-01-2008
Sizzling green chemicals

Here is the list of the chosen ones, the green blog's new green chemicals for the month of June. The question is... are they worthy of the word green (in your own definition of green)? 1. Ecolab's alternative pesticides - Ecolab's more sophisticated rat traps, CheckPoint Multiple-Catch Inserts...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-01-2008
Who's the most sustainable of them all?

This new report from the Roberts Environmental Center of Claremont McKenna College might answer the question of what companies are the most sustainable in California. Titled "Analysis of Sustainability Reporting of Fortune Companies in California," the report contains a compilation of Pacific...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-19-2008
Green chemicals bloom in May

It's that time of the month to check out some newly launched green-hot chemical products. More environment- and health-friendly plastics continue to be developed; the solar energy and hybrid transportation markets are getting new technology boosts; and in between are air pollution control and new...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-02-2008
New green chemicals offerings - March Madness

Plastics and wastes seem to be the focus of new green products and technologies launched last month and here are some of them: 1. Plastinum blendymer plastics - Plastinum Polymer Technologies commercialized its first compounds made from recycled mixed post-consumer plastics manufactured using the company's...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-01-2008
Retailers stop toying with standards

No more child's play for retailers when it comes to selling toy products. Toys "R" Us and Wal-Mart recently announced stricter standards for their toys' product safety requirements such as increased quality assurance testing and reduction or phaseout of certain chemicals and metals...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-25-2008

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