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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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Nova 2200TM: Sterilization by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Medical sterilization of sensitive tissues using supercritical carbon dioxide, peracetic acid, and water.

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Inventor:

NovaSterilis Inc. Professor Robert S. Langer, MIT

Stage of Development:

System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

Category:

Other

NovaLipid™ and Lipozyme®

Enzymatic interesterification for producing edible fats and oils that contain no trans fatty acids.

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Inventor:

Archer Daniels Midland Company and Novozymes

Stage of Development:

System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

Category:

Food

Novasep's Custom Molecules

Custom techniques for manufacturing products.

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

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Other

Novo22™ - Rinnovo™

Catalysts that use carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide to produce polymers.

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Inventor:

Cornell University, Geoffrey W. Coates

Stage of Development:

System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

Category:

Plastics & Polymers

Npulp® Straw Paper

Paper products made by using an enzyme to digest straw into pulp.

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

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Consumer Products

OC-BioBinder™

Biobased (biopolymers & plant-based substances) binder for nonwoven and technical textiles.

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Inventor:

OrganoClick ® Stockholm University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Stage of Development:

System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

Category:

Textiles/Textile Processing

Olivenleder®

Non-toxic and biodegradable vegetable-based tanning agent for producing leather.

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Inventor/Owner/Manufacturer/Supplier

Inventor:

wet-green®

Stage of Development:

System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

Category:

Textiles/Textile Processing