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Chemicals from glycerine

It's been a while since I visited the glycerine industry but it seems that research for new applications for the product is ongoing despite the market's pricing (and supply) volatility. Chemical engineers at Rice University have developed a fermentation process that can convert the biodiesel...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-03-2008
Greenwashing doesn't wash

Goodyear found that out when the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) forced the company to apologize to its customers for misleading them on the environmental benefits of Goodyear's Eagle LS2000 range of tires. Goodyear also has to offer partial refund of the tire's purchase...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008
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
The Ecoffice

Office products supplier Corporate Express launched its Ecoffice Makeover contest to all US businesses with the winner receiving $5,000 worth of office supplies,janitorial facility products and business furniture from the company's Ecoffice catalog. Entrants must submit a presentation why their company...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-30-2008
Green burnout for the blog

For those who can't get enough of solar information (I have), here's another solar study from research firm Clean Edge and green-economy organization Co-op America. The study finds, among others, that solar photovoltaic prices are projected to decline from an average 15-32 cents kWh today to...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-30-2008
New soy chemicals

My good friends at the United Soybean Board sent me their recent newsletter about newly developed/commercialized soy chemicals and products: Protein Strengthens Soy-Based Adhesives Columbia Forest Products introduced its new adhesives, Purebond, a formaldehyde-free paste/glue for interior plywood panels...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-25-2008
New cleaning chemicals launched

Companies such as BASF and Genencor grabbed the opportunity to introduce their new eco-friendly/sustainable/natural-based cleaning chemicals at the CESIO World Surfactants Congress that I'm attending this week in Paris. BASF says its new cost-effective detergent surfactant Lutensol M is not subjected...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-24-2008
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
To help the weary green travelers...

Unlike other travel review sites, the newly launched social network iStayGreen.org will help eco-conscious travelers find their dream green lodgings, according to the site's founder. Aside from their Green Leaf rating system, the site's users can also provide in-depth green review and rate the...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-19-2008
Green hydrogen for sale

Hydrogen it seems is becoming a very important feedstock for the green future. To make hydrogen production more green (and maybe get it cheaper??), InEnTec Chemical developed its mobile Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM) that produces hydrogen-rich synthesis gas from chemical residues that are usually treated...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-19-2008

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