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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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Blue4est®Sustainable Technology for Thermal Printing Paper

Thermal paper free of chemical color developers that releases images from a purely physical process.

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Inventor:

Dow Chemical Company and Koehler

Stage of Development:

System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

Category:

Electronics

Brewed Protein™ Technology for Yarns and Fibers

Brewed Protein™ is a revolutionary material developed to address environmental challenges through advanced

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

Category:

Textiles/Textile Processing

Building Materials Made from Plastic Waste

Kubik is an African startup transforming hard-to-recycle plastics into sustainable construction materials.

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Stage of Development:

Demonstration /Prototype

Category:

Other

Cambond® Resin and Camposite®

Low-carbon and formaldehyde-free adhesives.

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

Category:

Petrochemicals

CANVERA™ Polyolefin Dispersion Technology

Aqueous acid-modified polyolefin dispersion designed for coating metal packages.

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

Category:

Paints/Coating

Carbon-negative cement -- Brimstone

Brimstone has developed an industrial process for producing industry-standard Portland cement with significantly less

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

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Other

CASCAT GmbnH Chemo-Ezymatic Cascade Reactions

Production of chemical commodities through chemo-enzymatic cascade reactions.

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

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Fine Chemicals