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International Workshop on Green Chemistry and Engineering: Global Collaborations & TECH R.I.C NAT'L INS"! OF STAND HIST PUBLICATIONS A 11 10 5 652^15 NISTIR 6337 PROCEEDINGS International Workshop on Green Chemistry and Engineering: Global Collaborations Washington, D.C. July 1998 Held in Conjunction with the Second Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference ... an environmentally interdependent global community ... QC United States Department of Commerce 100 Technology Administration .U56 National Institute of Standards and Technology NO. 6337 1999 NISTIR 6337 PROCEEDINGS International Workshop on Green Chemistry and Engineering: Global Collaborations Ellyn S. Beary, Editor Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory National Institute of Standards and Technology May 1999 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE William M. Daley, Secretary TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION Gary R. Bachula, Acting Under Secretary for Technology NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY Raymond G. Kammer, Director The Workshop was held in Washington DC on July 2, 1998 in nd conjunction with the 2 Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference Co-sponsored by: American Chemical Society American Institute of Chemical Engineers Chemical Manufacturers Association Council for Chemical Research Green Chemistry Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology National Research Council National Science Foundation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency For information contact NIST/CSTL, Ellyn S. Beary Telephone: 301-975-4138 Facsimile: 301-975-3845 E-Mail: [email protected] Web Sites: www.nist.gov www.cstl.nist.gov Document Preparation/Proofing: Mary A. Barton, Secretary Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory 1 Table of Contents Page No. I INTRODUCTION Preface iv nd Colin Raston, Summary Report of the 2 Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference v Program of the Workshop ix II PRESENTATIONS BY NATIONAL AND REGIONAL EXPERTS 1 " " Shelley Fidler, Climate Change as Viewed by the Clinton Administration 3 Tetsuo Nishide, "Japanese Approach Toward Green Chemistry: New Initiatives for Enhancing the Positive Role of Chemical Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future" 1 Ben Hur Batalha, "Environmental Management: Chemical Dissemination and Technical Cooperation In Latin America" 19 Pietro Tundo, "European Union ’v Research and Technological Development " Framework Programmes 31 " Helmut Schulz , "Approaches to Sustainability in Germany 37 Lawrence J. Washington, Jr., "A Chemical Industry's View of Green Chemistry and Engineering" 47 m. FACILITATED PANEL DISCUSSION 53 - 79 Facilitator: Doug Brookman, Public Solutions, Inc., Baltimore, MD Panel Members: Ben Hur Batalha, Pan American Health Organization United Nations Development Program Ian Brindle, Brock University, Canada C. L. Khetrapal, Allahabad University Joseph Larson, Environmental Institute, University of Massachusetts Tetsuo Nishide, Chemical Industry Division, MIT1, ( Ministry of International Trade and Industry), Japan Martyn Poliakoff, University of Nottingham, UK Colin Raston, Monash University, Australia Helmut Schulz, Federal Ministry Education, Technology, of Science , Research and Bonn, Germany Hratch Semerjian, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD W. Jim Swindall, The QUESTOR Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland Tania Tavares, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil Pietro Tundo, University of Venice, Italy Kurt Wagemann, DECHEMA, (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Chemisches Apparatewesen) Frankfurt, Germany Neil Winterton, ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd, Cheshire, UK (University of Liverpool, UK, as ofJanuary 1 , 1999.) l IV. POSITION PAPERS AND BIOGRAPHIES 81 Ian Brindle, "The Status of Green Chemistry and Engineering in Canada" 83 ....85 Jan Ferdinand (Fred) Goede , "Status of Green Chemistry and Engineering in South Africa" C.L. Khetrapal, "The Status of Green Chemistry and Engineering in India Inter- Disciplinary and Inter-Institutional Programme On Environmental Studies in Allahbad, India” 87 Joseph S. Larson The Status of Green Chemistry and Engineering in the US" 89 Martyn Poliakoff "The Status of Green Chemistry and Engineering in the UK" 91 Colin L. Raston , "The Status of Green Chemistry and Engineering in Australia" 93 W. Jim Swindall, "The Status of Green Chemistry and Engineering in Northern Ireland" 95 Tania Tavares , "The Status of Green Chemistry and Engineering in Brazil and Pertinent Local Issues" 97 ii I. INTRODUCTION Page No. Preface iv nd Summary Report of the 2 Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference: Professor Colin Raston v Program of the Workshop ix iii Preface nd The 2 Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference was held in Washington, DC in early July, 1998. After two days of technical presentations by international experts on cutting-edge technological advances in sustainable chemistry and engineering, a workshop designed to promote international collabo- rations was held. These are the Proceedings of the workshop. By way of introduction. Dr. Colin Raston has graciously provided a context for these Proceedings by summarizing the content of the technical presentations that preceded the workshop. The workshop provided a forum for discussion of international industrial and public policy perspectives that drive the scientific research and engineering of benign chemical processes. Issues, strategies, and programs in the Americas, Asia, and Europe were shared by invited international panelists, and areas of mutual concern were identi- fied. We hope that these Proceedings will provide a valuable reference. As a scientific community, our challenge is to design environmentally benign processes that utilize tech- nological advances to meet the expectations of modern society, while ensuring that any compromise favors the preservation of our global environment. We are an environmentally interdependent global community who collectively face the new millennium with great hope and promise. We are grateful for the participation of our international colleagues and look forward to future collabora- tions. IV Report of the 2nd Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference June 30th - July 2nd, 1998, Washington, DC Summary Professor Colin Raston Department of Chemistry, Monash University, Australia The second annual meeting in the series was re- The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge cently held in Washington, DC, an event spon- Awards, and also Grants, were launched by sored by the American Chemical Society, the President Clinton in 1995 to promote the design American Institute of Chemical Engineers, of chemical products and manufacturing proc- Chemical Manufactures Association, Council for esses that prevent pollution and are economically 1 2 Research Grants, Green Chemistry Institute, Na- competitive. Green chemistry involves a reduc- tional Institute of Standards and Technology, tion or elimination of, the use or generation of National Research Council, National Science hazardous substances - including feed stocks, Foundation, Organisation for Economic Coop- reagents, solvents, products, and by products - eration and Development, US Department of En- from a chemical process. Green chemistry en- ergy, and US Environmental Protection. The compasses all aspects and types of chemical pro- level of sponsorship reflects a major commitment cesses including synthesis, catalysis, analysis, in the US towards green chemistry and engi- monitoring, separations, and reaction conditions neering. Two days of scientific program was that reduce negative impacts on human health followed immediately by a one-day international and the environment relative to the current state workshop on Green Chemistry and Engineering of the art. So-called basic and applied chemistry Global Collaboration. A report on this from the are acknowledged partners. Green chemistry is US Environmental Protection is published in the pollution prevention at the molecular level and following article in Chem. Aust. In addition to the uses innovation rather than being driven by annual meeting in Washington, DC. there are regulation. Green chemistry is permeating all now many other meetings scheduled and being levels in the US, and elsewhere, involving aca- planned including an annual Gordon Conference demia, government, and industry. alternating between the USA and the UK, a Green Chemistry meeting in China, and a post- The conference was opened with a Global Ple- graduate workshop in Italy . nary from William Wulf, President of the Na- tional Academy of Engineering, Paul Anderson, Herein is a report on the scientific program high- Immediate Past President, American Chemical lighting some of the research initiatives which Society, and Joseph Carra, OECD Steering cover basic chemistry through to chemical engi- Committee on Sustainable Chemistry, EPA. The neering, along with a short report on the Presi- emphasis was on global commitment and per- dential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards spective, and how it has grown as an important Ceremony held the evening before the event in part of the chemical sciences, and the responsi- the National Academy of Sciences Auditorium. bility of scientists to take the initiative. Green This was a gala night with awards presented for chemistry is an area that is yearning for a cleaner, innovations and remarkable achievements across safer, and healthier world. It is helping the world a wide spectrum of chemistry and engineering. to solve environmental problems but we have to The awards were in recognition of efforts in de- communicate
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