The 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (USA) Announced

The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards promote the environmental and economic benefits of developing and using novel green chemistry. These prestigious annual awards recognize chemical technologies that incorporate the principles of green chemistry into chemical design, manufacture, and use. EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention sponsors the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards in partnership with the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute® and other members of the chemical community including industry, trade associations, academic institutions, and other government agencies. 

2016 Award Winners

• For Greener Synthetic Pathways
  CB&I Exit
  Albemarle Exit
  AlkyClean^® Technology:  An Inherently Safer Technology for the Production of Gasoline Alkylate (summary)
• For Greener Reaction Conditions
  Dow AgroSciences LLC Exit
  Instinct^® Technology - Making Nitrogen Fertilizers Work More Effectively for Farmers and the Planet (summary)
• For Designing Greener Chemicals and Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change
  Newlight Technologies Exit
  AirCarbon: Greenhouse Gas Transformed into High-Performance Thermoplastic (summary)
• For Small Business
  Verdezyne Exit
  Renewable Nylon Through Commercialization of BIOLON^TM DDDA (summary)
• For Academic
  Professor Paul J. Chirik Exit of Princeton University Exit
  Catalysis with Earth Abundant Transition Metals (summary)

For more details, please see: 1) https://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/presidential-green-chemistry-challenge-winners; 2) http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i25/Green-success-stories-2016-Presidential.html