EPA Projects and Programs
EPA has a number of programs and activities designed to promote the use and development of green chemistry
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge – Prestigious awards for outstanding green chemistry technologies
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Educational Activities - Partnerships to develop educational materials and promote green chemistry in academia
- American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute - Partnership to promote green chemistry throughout the chemical enterprise
- Grants & Fellowships - Funding Opportunities for Green Chemistry Research
- International Activities – OECD, G-8, and other international activities
- Tools & Literature – Green Chemistry Expert System and other resources
- Documents - Green Chemistry Program Publications
New Chemicals Program
- Pollution Prevention Recognition Project – honors companies for developing innovative technologies reported through the new chemicals program
Research and Development
- Small Business Innovation Research at the National Center for Environmental Research
- Sustainable Technologies Research at National Risk Management Research Laboratory
- Clean Processes– Develop and promote environmentally preferable industrial production methods
- Industrial Multimedia - Develop, demonstrate, and evaluate engineering and scientific approaches to reduce the generation of hazardous pollution by industry
- Sustainable Environments– Develop a strategy for Sustainable Environmental Systems using economics, resource and land use planning, law, and technology
- Systems Analysis - Develop and demonstrate cost-effective decision making tools for use by the private and public sectors