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Safer Alternatives

This is a directory of green chemistry and engineering technologies from around the world, developed by the Yale-UNIDO Global Green Chemistry Initiative. It provides a worldwide snapshot of technologies that are currently commercially available or are in the process of becoming commercially available. The selected technologies are applicable across a broad range of sectors and industries.

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Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products

Blueland manufactures sustainable household products using environmentally responsible ingredients that are

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Consumer Products

Eco-Friendly Leather Made From Fish Skin

ICTYOS, a French startup, combines traditional tanning techniques with an eco-responsible approach by trans

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Eco-Friendly Leather Made With Mycelium

Fine Mycelium™ is a technology that manipulates mycelium cells during growth to create durable leather-like material

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MycoWorks Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry

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Textiles/Textile Processing

Eco-Friendly Textile Coatings

EcoaTEX is advancing sustainability in the textile industry with its eco-friendly approach to textile coatings, focus

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EcoWorx® Tile

Premium PVC-free carpet tile backing made from a thermoplastic polyolefin compound. PVC-free.

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Efficient Production of Cytovene®

New synthetic methodology for ganciclovir, the main active component in Cytovene®.

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Pharmaceuticals

eFuels From Waste CO2 and Hydrogen

Infinium produces electrofuels (eFuels) to help the heavy transit and chemicals sectors achieve net zero by

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Biofuels