http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Sun, 19 May 2013 8:31:59 EDT Evonik Industries AG (Essen; www.evonik.com) and OPX Biotechnologies, Inc. (OPXBio; Boulder, Colo.; www.opxbio.com)... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/sustainability/10534.html Tue, 14 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Unlike fossil fuels or precious metals, phosphorus has no alternatives — we (and all other life forms on the planet) need phosphorus; it’s in our DNA, our bones and our energy-producing chemicals (ATP). We get it from our food — meat, grains and vegetables — so it’s not surprising that phosphorus is a key ingredient in fertilizer, as well as a component of sewage, manure and slaughterhouse waste (bone meal).... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/sustainability/10144.html Fri, 1 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST I drink tap water! There, I finally said it. I am out of the closet — the water closet. My two sons are now cowering with shame, wondering how they can possibly ever face their Dasani-drinking friends again. It was maybe 20 years ago when I first encountered the concept of bottled water. What a strange... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/sustainability/9993.html Sat, 1 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (Saint Maurice, France; http://www.veoliawaterst.com) has been awarded the supply of a large-scale evaporation and crystallization plant by Iberpotash, S.A., a business unit of ICL Fertilizers. Iberpotash produces potash fertilizers from sylvinite mining from... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/sustainability/9711.html Thu, 30 Aug 2012 0:00:00 EDT Achema 2012 focused on a set of topics that the chemical process industries will have to address in the future, including increased attention on sustainable processes and systems, as well as the transition to an economy based on renewable energy and biomass... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/sustainability/9516.html Wed, 1 Aug 2012 0:00:00 EDT Codexis, Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.; www.codexis.com) and Raizen Energia S.A. (Sao Paulo, Brazil; www.raizen.com) have signed a joint development agreement to develop an improved first-generation ethanol process with enhanced performance economics. Raizen is a joint venture between Shell and Cosan, and is... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/sustainability/8499.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT Chemtex (Wilmington, N.C.; www.chemtex.com)  has entered into a Term Sheet Agreement with Colombiana de Biocombustibles Celulósicos... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/sustainability/8495.html Mon, 26 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT The realization that our natural resources are not endless, and that we need to focus on sustainability is driving technology and its supporting funds toward new choices. In the chemical process industries (CPI), engineers are looking for alternatives to the traditional fossil-fuel-based chemistries, and are developing innovative bio-based routes to meet our needs. There is much evidence of this shift to a bio-based economy, including the work of two of the recipients of this year’s Presidential Green Chemistry Awards in the U.S. (see p.11). Work on bio-based processing is a global undertaking, and in this Newsfront we focus on innovative bio-based technologies from the Netherlands.... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/sustainability/8343.html Mon, 1 Aug 2011 0:00:00 EDT NewAge Industries (Southampton, Pa.; www.newageindustries.com) has completed the installation of a one-megawatt rooftop solar-panel system, which supplies half of the plastic tubing manufacturer's energy needs. The project started last summer with upgrades to NewAge Industries’ roof. Solar panels now... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/sustainability/8146.html Fri, 17 Jun 2011 0:00:00 EDT LEAN Chemical Manufacturing There has been a great deal of new activity around so-called lean thinking or the lean enterprise lately, even though the practical application has been going on since the early 1900s. It was started by Henry Ford, and followed on by Edwards Deming and Taiichi Ohno. These three... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/sustainability/8019.html Sun, 1 May 2011 0:00:00 EDT