{"id":326,"date":"2020-08-19T10:18:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T14:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/?p=326"},"modified":"2020-08-19T10:18:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T14:18:40","slug":"epa-calls-for-nominations-for-2021-green-chemistry-challenge-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/epa-calls-for-nominations-for-2021-green-chemistry-challenge-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA Calls for Nominations for 2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. These prestigious awards recognize innovation by American businesses and researchers that redesign chemical products and processes to reduce or eliminate the use and manufacture of hazardous substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs we mark the 30th anniversary of the Pollution Prevention Act, EPA is proud of the innovations EPA\u2019s Green Chemistry Award Winners have made toward better protecting our planet,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, Assistant Administrator for EPA\u2019s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cEPA looks forward to seeing how our 2021 Green Challenge Award nominees can make our country\u2019s businesses more competitive, turn waste into marketable commodities, open new markets for products and services and protect public health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/greenchemistry\/2021-green-chemistry-challenge-award-nomination-package\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards nomination package<\/a>&nbsp;is now available and nominations are due by December 4, 2020. EPA anticipates giving awards to outstanding green chemistry technologies in five categories in June 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EPA also will host a webinar on September 23, 2020, for those interested in applying. The webinar will provide an overview of the requirements, criteria and tips for submitting a nomination package.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fabtassociates.webex.com%2Fmw3300%2Fmywebex%2Fdefault.do%3Fnomenu%3Dtrue%26siteurl%3Dabtassociates%26service%3D6%26rnd%3D0.2915257262488925%26main_url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fabtassociates.webex.com%252Fec3300%252Feventcenter%252Fevent%252FeventAction.do%253FtheAction%253Ddetail%2526%2526%2526EMK%253D4832534b00000004ea727ea24d91becae157baa6f64cc1b4b8c58be00dcf89345dfe6aaef37706f7%2526siteurl%253Dabtassociates%2526confViewID%253D166852503280824293%2526encryptTicket%253DSDJTSwAAAASAK2kIOgpQCvp48cPnzOXowEZVwyp8J1zf-iGbIl4diQ2%2526&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cswingle.pamela%40epa.gov%7C9b1018e9498749c2de1b08d842ec06fd%7C88b378b367484867acf976aacbeca6a7%7C0%7C0%7C637332928789175051&amp;sdata=n%2FxzicuUf4pQiQnqeXkk8dVETaQyph6%2Blw%2BtOufp0gg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register for the webinar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the inception of the program, EPA and the American Chemical Society, which co-sponsor the awards, have received more than 1,600 nominations and presented awards to more than 120 technologies. By leveraging these technologies, the use or generation of hundreds of millions of pounds of hazardous chemicals have&nbsp;been avoided, and billions of gallons of water and trillions of BTUs in energy have been saved annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An independent panel of technical experts convened by the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute will formally judge the 2021 submissions and make recommendations to EPA for the winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on submitting nominations for the 2021 awards and to learn more about past award winners, visit:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/greenchemistry\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/greenchemistry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/166852503280824293.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-327\" width=\"245\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/166852503280824293.jpg 730w, https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/166852503280824293-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/166852503280824293-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. These prestigious awards recognize innovation by American businesses and researchers that redesign chemical products and processes to reduce or eliminate the use and manufacture of hazardous substances. \u201cAs we mark the 30th anniversary of the Pollution Prevention Act, &#8230; <a title=\"EPA Calls for Nominations for 2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/epa-calls-for-nominations-for-2021-green-chemistry-challenge-awards\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about EPA Calls for Nominations for 2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-external-news-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}