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(Plastics Today) -- Sustainable
chemicals and plastics dominated the winners of the Green Chemistry Challenge
Awards, including a bioplastic made with the help of E. coli and an acrylic
paint that utilizes recycled water bottles. The 16th edition of the awards comes
during the 2011 International Year of Chemistry and the 20th anniversary of the
Environmental Protection Agency's efforts in to create "green
chemistry".
An independent panel of technical experts convened by the American
Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute selected the 2011 winners from
"scores" of nominated technologies. Over the course of the program, the EPA has
received more than 1400 nominations and awarded 82 winners. The agency estimates
that winning technologies have reduced the use or generation of more than 199
million lb of hazardous chemicals, saving 21 billion gallons of water, and
eliminating 57 million lb of carbon dioxide releases to the air.
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