EPA revealed that it will be working collaboratively with BeyondBenign for sponsoring a Green Chemistry Networking Forum on Dec. 16 at the MIT (News - Alert) Faculty Club in Cambridge.
The forum is a free event that strives to support and help develop a network of scientists engaged in finding safer, less-toxic chemical uses to advance sustainability in our society, said EPA sources. Green Chemistry is defined as the design, development and implementation of products, materials and processes to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of toxic and hazardous waste. Also Green Chemistry is considered a philosophy and a way to design new materials and products derived from renewable feedstock. Green Chemistry includes the entire life cycle of the materials and products manufactured.
The networking forum is scheduled to take place on Dec. 16, at the MIT Faculty Club, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Mass. between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM. It was also revealed that EPA is launching a New England Green Challenge, for making people more aware about green chemistry practices and principles in business, education, government, health care and society and adopt it in any way possible. Green chemistry will acts as a catalyst to grow a sustainable economy in New England or any other place.
EPA strives to promote the understanding of the interrelationship between green chemistry and sustainability, supporting a transformative dialogue about new ways to achieve a safe and green sustainable future. In this way it is expected that the New England economy will develop further by using local resources, labor force, research capacity and expert knowledge. Curt Spalding, regional administrator of EPA’s New England office, said in a press release, “We are excited to promote and advance Green Chemistry solutions, because it is clear that rigorous creativity helps foster major improvements in important areas such as use of safer and less-toxic chemicals and better energy efficiency.”
“Common sense tells us that better efficiencies and improvements translate to a healthier bottom line for companies, a sound economy for our region and healthier communities with a better protected environment,” Spalding added.
The forum will be graced by the presence of Curt Spalding, EPA New England regional administrator and Green Chemistry leaders, Dr. Paul Anastas, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Research and Development and the science advisor to the agency, and John Warner, president and chief technology officer, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry.
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