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Please tell us about any Green Chemistry success stories or issues concerning Industry for possible inclusion on this page. Email the Network at greennet@york.ac.uk Greenchemistry Centre for Industry
Green Chemistry and the Consumer The Green Chemistry and the Consumer project is an exciting venture from the GCN, aimed at delivering knowledge and understanding of Green Chemistry to consumers and retailers, and covers all chemical-dependant consumer products including clothing, furnishing, electronic goods, personal care products and food. The project also aims to engage representatives from throughout the entire supply chain and to encourage direct involvement of the retail trade in green chemistry research. Marks and Spencer, the Royal Society of Chemistry and GlaxoSmithKline have all now agreed to fund the project for the forthcoming year. One of the main outputs from the project will be a quarterly newsletter (see below), which describes current greener chemical information in a way that is comprehensible to a widely non-technical audience. Readers will be informed of recent advances in chemistry applicable to greener chemical products, implications of relevant legislation will be explained in a more understandable manner and other related topics, such as Green Chemistry research opportunities, will be communicated. Opportunities to get involved in the Green Chemistry and the Consumer project are outlined in the Opportunities Document * The GCN is holding annual events in connection with this theme, which are also targeted at relevant trade associations, academics and industrialists. See below for presentations from the workshops. There are also plans to develop a dedicated website to support the newsletter and act as a technology brokerage facility, as well as initiating an awards programme for Greener Consumer Products. Green Consumer Products website A new collaboration with Boots the Chemists has resulted in the development of an outreach activity based on the chemistry behind commonly used personal care products, and the steps that can be taken to improve their sustainability over the lifecycle. As part of a pilot phase of work an interactive exercise on the lifecycle of soap was created, which can be viewed at www.greenconsumerproducts.co.uk. This was trialled during science week at a series of workshops at the annual ‘Discovery Days’ exhibition, attended by approx. 2000 school children and members of the public in York. The GCN is currently developing a Technology Brokerage facility For further information contact Louise Summerton First annual report for Green Chemistry and the Consumer * Green Chemistry and the Consumer Newsletters Latest issue of the Newsletter *Twelth issue of the Newsletter * Eleventh issue of the Newsletter * Tenth issue of the Newsletter * Ninth issue of the Newsletter * Eighth issue of the Newsletter * Seventh issue of the Newsletter Sixth issue of the Newsletter * Fifth issue of the Newsletter * Fourth issue of the Newsletter * Third issue of the Newsletter * Second issue of the Newsletter * First issue of the Newsletter * * These are PDF files and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader 2008 Symposium A one day symposium 'Greener Products', was held on the 2 July 2008 at The Kings Manor in York, UK. The talks from the Symposium are available below: James Clark, GCN *Keith Sugden, Reckitt Benckiser plc* Henk Vooijs, Novamont * Patrick McGowan, DyeCat Ltd * Jerker Ligthart, ChemSec* Mary Kate Boggiano, Armstrong Floor Products * ChemSec
Substitution Conference: Challenges and Opportunities in replacing hazardous
chemicals in products and manufacture* 2007 Symposium A one day symposium 'Measuring Green: Green performance indicators across the chemical product lifecycle', was held on the 28th June 2007 at The Kings Manor in York, UK. This one-day event explored key criteria for measuring the green credentials of chemical products at all stages in their lifecycle, including case studies on successful methods developed by industry and challenges in practice. The talks from the Symposium are available below: James Clark,
GCN * 2006 Symposium A one-day symposium was held on 28 February 2006 at the SCI, London, UK. The theme of the symposium was surfactants. A brief summary and the talks from the symposium are given below: 3rd GC&C Symposium Summary Report *James Clark, GCN Introduction * Stephen Johnson, Boots * Bob Crawford, Unilever * Peter Woodhead, Seldon Research Ltd * John Solbe, HERA * Warren Smith, NNFCC * David Middleton, BCSD-UK * Rich Liroff, WWF-US * James Clark, GCN Closing Remarks * 2005 Workshop A one-day workshop was held on 8 December 2005 at the RSC, Burlington House, London, UK. The aim of the workshop was to explore opportunities and challenges for surfactants in the creation of greener consumer products. A workshop report and a list of opportunities and challenges are given below: Greener
Products workshop report * 2004 Workshop A one-day workshop was run on 1 November 2004 at the SCI, London, UK. The programme for the day and most of the presentations given at the workshop are given below: Introduction
Farming and
Green Chemistry
Responding
to the Green Challenge
Applying
Life Cycle Thinking in Unilever
Market Place
Drivers for Green Chemistry
Greening
the Supply Chain- Protecting Consumers and Retailers through
REACH
Biodegradable
Plastics
Solvents - The
Message is in the Medium
Carbon Dioxide
and the Consumer
A New Bio-resin
System
Thor - A
Speciality Chemical Business
Natural
Dyes - Opportunities for a Greener Textile and Colouration Industry
Closing
Remarks A one-day workshop sponsored
by Marks and Spencer and the Green Chemistry Network was run on 28 April 2003
at the SCI, London, UK. The programme for the day and most of the presentations
given at the workshop are given below: Introduction
(PowerPoint, 0.8 MB)
Engaging with
Retailers (PowerPoint, 0.2 MB)
Chemicals in the
Environment - Shifting the Burden of Proof (PowerPoint, 4.4
MB)
Sustainable
Development Through Innovation (PowerPoint, 01. MB)
Green Chemistry
Challenges (PowerPoint, 1MB)
Green Chemistry
Technologies and Solutions (PowerPoint, 2.7 MB)
Green Fields to
Green Chemistry (PowerPoint, 3.2 MB)
Sustainable
Solvent Systems (PowerPoint, 2.8 MB)
Integration of
Clean Technology into the Business Process (PowerPoint, 0.1
MB)
Green Chemistry
Opportunities (PowerPoint, 6.5 MB) Industry NewsVisit the Awards page for further information on the industrial winners of different Green Chemistry Awards |
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