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The biopower of soy

Here are some of the new industrial developments in the soybean arena brought to you by the United Soybean Board: Soy is hip for skaters Comet Skateboards has partnered with e2e Materials to develop a new skateboard made from soy-based products. The new skateboards are made entirely from plant fibers...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-08-2008
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 a new additive Paraloid™ BPMS 250 melt strength enhancer...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-01-2008
Unsealing Green Seal

Lots of news going on concerning the soap and detergent industry. The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) sent a press release a couple of days ago about their objections on a revised environmental standard for industrial and institutional (I&I) cleaners developed and published by the non-profit...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-29-2008
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 plastic shopping bag waste by an average of 33...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-26-2008
Plug-Ins better than hybrids

Here's a year-long study from San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) proving that a plug-in electric vehicle has more advantages than a standard hybrid and more so over the current traditional cars. Here are some of their selling points: The plug-in hybrid achieved 67 MPG, a 60-percent increase...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-25-2008
P&G files coffee container lawsuit

Lighter-weight container is a green marketer's tool as well as a way for companies to save millions of dollars in reduced packaging material, fuel and other distribution costs. Which is why Procter & Gamble is suing Kraft Foods alleging that it infringed P&G's patented lighter-weight...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-23-2008
States of the green nation

Sustainlane.com, an online community focusing on sustainable living, released today its top green US cities for the year based on their ability to maintain healthy air, drinking water, parks and public transit systems, as well as a robust, sustainable local economy with green building, farmers markets...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-22-2008
Short selling abounds in clean techs

Today's temporary ban on short selling of US stocks by the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed a lot of this activities going on in the clean technology sector, according to the solar technology company Evolution Solar . "Not only have financial companies been targeted, but many alternative...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-19-2008
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) in the US by Australian founders Jason and Kimberly...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-18-2008
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, according to this New York Times article . GM is gearing...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-17-2008

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