The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the winners of the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for new and innovative green chemistry technologies. Through the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the generation and use of hazardous substances, this year’s winners have developed solutions to significant environmental challenges such as climate change and spur innovation and economic development.

“All of us benefit from advances in green chemistry as part of prevention pollution in communities, especially where residents continue to suffer from disproportionate levels of pollution,” said EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Deputy Assistant Administrator Jennie Romer. “Green chemistry can play a vital role in protecting human health and the environment by increasing efficiency, avoiding hazardous chemicals and preventing waste while improving the competitiveness of American companies.”

An independent panel of technical experts convened by the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute formally judged the 2023 submissions and made recommendations to EPA. The winners are being recognized at a ceremony today in Washington, D.C.

The 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners are….

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Greener Reaction Conditions: Captis Aire LLC, East Point, Georgia, for the patent pending CAIRE™ technology that captures more than 90% of terpenes, a waste product from wood products manufacturing processes, and converts it into valuable chemicals including those used in products such as biofuels, flavors and fragrances. Currently these terpenes are commonly burned as wastes which releases greenhouse gases.

Since the inception of the awards more than a quarter century ago, EPA and the American Chemical Society, which co-sponsors the awards, have received more than 1,800 nominations, and presented awards to 139 technologies that decrease hazardous chemicals and resources, reduce costs and protect public health. Winning technologies are responsible for reducing the use or generation of nearly one billion pounds of hazardous chemicals, saving over 20 billion gallons of water, and eliminating nearly eight billion pounds of carbon dioxide equivalents released to the air.

EPA is currently accepting nominations for the 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, from companies or institutions that have developed a new green chemistry process or product that helps protect human health and the environment. Nominations are due to EPA by Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.

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