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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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Catalytic BioForming® Process

The Catalytic BioForming® Process converts aqueous carbohydrate solutions into mixtures of "drop-in" hydrocarbons.

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

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Biofuels

Cell Factory Engineering Platform

Replicates the natural processes of plants in smart cell factories to create a variety of products more sustainably a

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Bulk Chemicals

Cellulose nanofibers from plant waste

Transforms plant waste into advanced cellulose nanofibers for sustainable and high-performance materials in the circu

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Demonstration /Prototype

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Biomaterials/Biobased Polymers

CiCLO® Biodegradable Fabrics

Sustainable textiles additive that creates biodegradable spots in the matrix of plastic by combining it with polyeste

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Intrinsic Advanced Materials (IAM) Intrinsic Textiles Group and Parkdale Advanced Materials

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

Category:

Textiles/Textile Processing

Circular Solution for Citrus Peel Waste

PeelPioneers is a startup turning citrus peel waste into high-value ingredients.

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

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Consumer Products

Citropol® and Sustainable Ingredients

Ingredients for flavors, fragrances, cosmetics, personal care products, and specialty materials.

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

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Fine Chemicals

Clean Iron and Green Steel Technologies by Electra

Electra is a startup producing low-carbon clean iron using a variety of ores and powered by intermittent re

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

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Metals

CMAP Technology for Plastics

Resinergy is developing an innovative, scalable, and environmentally efficient Continuous Microwave Assiste

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Inventor:

University of Minnesota

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System Development/Field Test/ Commercialization

Category:

Plastics & Polymers