Chemists have been working on new approaches to reducing waste and finding new functions for existing materials.

In May, campus leaders signed the Green Chemistry Commitment to practice and teach sustainable chemistry—an effort being encouraged and advanced by students For much of the history of chemistry, the ...

Though my academic background featured green chemistry staples like biocatalysis, click chemistry, and asymmetric catalysis, I didn’t start my industrial green chemistry journey until I was 8 years ...

Unless you are Rip Van Winkle and have slept through 2025, you’ve no doubt noticed the gusty policy winds blowing through Washington, DC. Under the second term of Donald Trump, the federal ...

Two pioneering projects from Sri Lanka and Malawi win USD 25,000 each for green chemistry solutions addressing deforestation and energy povertyAMSTERDAM, May 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The winners ...

The Data Science and Modeling for Green Chemistry award aims to recognize the research and development of computational tools that guide the design of sustainable chemical processes and the execution ...

The term “green chemistry” was introduced in the early 1990s by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to indicate “the design of chemical products and processes that minimize or eliminate ...

The ACS Green Chemistry Institute (GCI) awards recognize students for excellence in research and provide monetary support for travel so they can gain valuable experience presenting their green ...

January 11, 2013 — In the decades since the publication of Rachel Carson’s environmental classic Silent Spring, since the incidents of pollution that caused the Cuyahoga River to catch fire in 1969 ...

The chemical industry has been responsible for numerous technological advancements, but also many environmental problems and disasters. Principles applied through what’s called green chemistry seek to ...

Chemicals play an important role in modern society. If not used in a responsible way their effect on the natural world can be harmful. Used in everything from the detergent that washes our clothes to ...