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Calling all green folks

Now that California is implementing its Green Chemistry law , the state's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is looking for candidates to fill its Green Ribbon Science Panel slots. The Panel is comprised of experts that will provide advice on scientific matters, chemical policy recommendations...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-01-2008
China tightens food safety

I might be having a deja vu but I thought China already has strict melamine testing rules implemented following the melamine tainted pet food and toothpaste scandals last year? According to ICIS news (subscription required), the Chinese government is proposing new standards to focus on melamine testing...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-21-2008
Food container ban in California

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is battling another proposed plastic ban in California this time on food containers. The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) proposed yesterday a ban on polystyrene (the styrofoamy ones) take out containers as well as a statewide fees for plastic bag use as...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-21-2008
Why the Big 3 are in the dumps

This could be one of the major reasons why Ford, GM and Chrysler are begging for bailout help in the US Congress: it's because the US car market is lagging behind Europe and Japan in terms of greeness. According to automotive data provider Jato Dynamics , the US car market is slower to embrace fuel...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-19-2008
Obama cabinet picks

I just received a suggestion from amorris19 that Dow Chemical's Andrew Liveris should be picked as Obama's new Secretary of Energy. He (or she) reasoned that Dow should know firsthand the need to conserve and diversify domestic energy resources; the need to focus on energy efficiency (starting...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-11-2008
The Obama Nation: Will it be green?

Now that Obama is going to be the next president and the US Congress will be dominated by the blue party, there were a lot of optimism in the green sphere as well as slight pessimism (sometimes diplomatically called cautiously optimism) in the chemical and manufacturing sectors. According to ICIS news...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-07-2008
World Toilet Summit

I was eating breakfast while surfing the web, and thinking of serious election-aftermath stuff to post in the blog when this news about this week's ongoing World Toilet Summit in Macau caught my attention. At first I was amused by the notion of a global toilet expo and all the crappy notions that...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-05-2008
Green packaging is hot

ICIS Chemical Business released this Monday its feature on packaging and from what the magazine's editors have found out is that sustainability is definitely becoming more ingrained within this industry mostly driven by consumer demand. The benefits of cost-cutting and energy saving also add to packaging...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-24-2008
Japan launches voluntary CO2 market

My Green Japan article in ICIS Chemical Business is now available online. In it are some examples of how the chemical industry is responding to the issue of climate change. The article also reported about how carbon emissions from Japan's industrial manufacturing sector (including energy, steel,...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-22-2008
Canada bans BPA-contained baby bottles

Canada's soon-to-enact BPA ban in baby bottles is another sign that maybe polycarbonate bottle manufacturers should look for alternatives now. The Government of Canada announced yesterday that it will immediately draft a regulation banning the importation, sale and advertising of polycarbonate baby...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-20-2008

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