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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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Biodegradable PHA Plastics

Coverts abundant methane gas into biodegradable materials. Methane is the byproduct of several essential operations.

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Mango Materials

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

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Plastics & Polymers

Biodegradable Shoes Made With Plant-Based Technology

Blueview is a footwear company owned by Algenesis, a material science and technology company intended to manufacture

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Consumer Products

Biodiesel and NOBS Bleach

Synthesis of biodiesel and NOBS (advanced bleaching system).

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Fine Chemicals

BioEstolide™ Synthetic Oil

Renewable and biodegradable oils.

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Biosynthetic Technologies

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Bulk Chemicals

Bioforge™

AI-engineeered enzymes for the production of chemicals without fermentation.

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Solugen

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Bulk Chemicals

BiOH® Polyols

Flexible foam derived from soybean oil. Polyols are the key ingredient in making foams flexible and versatile.

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Bulk Chemicals

Bioluminescent Lights

Lux Bio, a startup dedicated to sustainable innovation, has developed "Lume," a revolutionary bioluminescent lighting

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Consumer Products

Biomass Waste as Feedstock to Fuels

Woodland Biofuels is a company that converts waste biomass to hydrogen, renewable natural gas, methanol, or ethanol.

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Demonstration /Prototype

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Biofuels

Biomaterials Made from Mycelium

Ecovative is a startup developing mycelium-based materials as sustainable alternatives for the food, fashio

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Consumer Products