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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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Green Chemical Bleaching Options for the Denim Industry

Non-toxic surface treatment of cellulosic material for manufacturers of denim fabrics and denim clothes.

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Textiles/Textile Processing

Green Synthesis of Aprepitant

Improved synthesis of aprepitant, the active ingredient in Emend® — a drug that combats chemotherapy-induced nausea a

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Pharmaceuticals

Green Synthesis of Solid Metal Oxides

One-step, environmentally friendly process for the synthesis of solid oxide catalysts.

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Metals

Greener Quantum Dot Synthesis

Higher quality quantum dots for LED screens that use much less toxic feedstock.

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Electronics

Greenlist™

Continually improving products by using ingredients that are better for human health and the environment.

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