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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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Reactive Diluent and Green Solvents

Green chemicals for pharmaceuticals, polymers, paints, and petrochemicals.

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Fine Chemicals

Redesign of the Sertraline Production Process

New process for the manufacturing of sertraline, the active ingredient of Zoloft®.

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Pharmaceuticals

REFNOVA™ Biomass Fractionation

Fractionates a variety of lignocellulosic feedstocks to produce high-quality second-generation biofuels and biochemic

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Biofuels

Renewable Oils for High Performance Lubricants

High-performance hydrocarbon oils from plant sugars for lubricants.

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Petrochemicals

Rhamnolipids JBR Series Biosurfactant

Natural rhamnolipids, or co-surfactant systems, for bioremediation applications and crude oil recovery.

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Surfactants

RNAi Biopesticide

RNA synthesis for highly specific pest control.

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Agrochemicals/Biocides

Safe Solvents for Flexographic Printing

Safer chemical processing system in the flexographic printing industry.This new system reduces the amounts of solvent

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Paints/Coating