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Awarding 'green' innovations
T
he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; Washington,
D.C.; www.epa.gov) has recently announced the winners of
this year's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards.
This recognition is given for innovations that create business
opportunities from solutions to potential environmental problems -
endeavors that are well worth recognizing and taking note of. The
2017 winners, in each of five categories, are listed here (Source: EPA).
Designing Greener Chemicals - The Dow Chemical Company
(Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and Paperfabrik August Koehler SE
(Oberkirch, Germany; www.koehlerpaper.com) were recognized for
creating a thermal printing paper that uses a physical change, rather
than a chemical one to create an image, thereby eliminating the need
for compounds such as bisphenol A and bisphenol S. The new, patented
thermal paper technology incorporates an opaque layer with a
polymer that collapses air voids in the paper coating during printing.
These voids allow an underlying dark-colored layer to be seen. The
paper has been tested in practice and a large-scale commercial introduction
is expected this year.
Greener Reaction Conditions - Amgen Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.;
www.amgen.com) and Bachem (Bubendorf, Switzerland; www.
bachem.com) were honored for process improvements in the manufacture
of a peptide drug, Etelcalcetide, used for secondary hyperparathyroidism
in adults with kidney disease. While the volume of
manufacture for peptide drugs is often small, the expected demand
for this drug is high, and so the inefficiencies in the manufacturing process
were problematic. The two companies redesigned the process,
resulting in a five-fold increase in capacity and a 56% decrease in
manufacturing time, while reducing the amount of solvent needed by
71% and completely eliminating an ion-exchange operation.
Greener Synthetic Pathways - Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, N.J.;
www.msdresponsibility.com) received this award for process improvements
in the manufacture of an antiviral drug candidate, Letermovir.
Improvements to the process were made by implementing a
novel catalyst that decreases raw material costs by 93%, increases
the yield by over 60%, and reduces the amount of waste generated.
It is estimated that the refined process will decrease the carbon footprint
by 89% and water usage by 90%.
Academic Award - This honor went to professor Eric J. Schelter of
the University of Pennsylvania (scheltergroup.chem.upenn.edu) for his
work on recycling rare-earth-element mixtures. These materials are frequently
used, as mixtures, in consumer applications. Schelter's group
has developed a simpler, " greener " technology to separate rare-earth
elements from consumer products, based on their solubility characteristics
and using tailored organic compounds. A grant from the U.S.
Dept. of Energy is supporting further work to develop the technology.
Small Business Award -This award was given for an advanced
vanadium redox flow battery that was commercialized by UniEnergy
Technologies LLC (Mukilteo, Wash.; www.
uetechnologies.com). The technology originated
from work by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
(PNNL). This third-generation vanadium redox
flow battery, the UniSystem, offers a higher energy
density and much broader operating temperature
than prior chemistries. The new vanadium electrolytes
(chloride-based) exhibit improved stability over
sulfate-based systems.
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