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Substitution and Alternatives
Case studies and examples

Accessing case studies and examples
by categories of chemicals:

SOLVENTS

• MIT Green Chemistry
• Solvent Replacement for Green Processing
  Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry,
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Greenlist system
  SC Johnson and Son, Inc. has pioneered its patented (and licensable at no cost) Greenlist system for ranking chemicals and reducing the environmental footprint of its products
• Dry Cleaning Dreams
  Michael McCoy
  Numerous contenders seek to unseat perchloroethylene as the top dry cleaning solvent
• Partnership Projects – Design for the Environment Program
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Projects (list 20 September 2007)
• Pollution Prevention Success Story on Toxic Chemical Substitution at a Printing Plant at Barksdale AFB (1995)
• Substitution of Hazardous Chemicals in the Work Environment
  Frode Soerensen
• Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
  North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (USA)
  Industrial and Commercial Case Studies
• PARIS II: Computer Aided Solvent Design For Pollution Prevention
  EPA: The U.S. EPA is currently building a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between the U.S. EPA and another company to market the PARIS II software to the solvent industry. Once the CRADA has been established, a demo version of PARIS II may be downloaded from the company's web site to allow users in the solvent community to test PARIS II on their own Windows PC systems. Further interest in the use of PARIS II software may be explored by contacting this company. Please return to this web site in the near future to find more detail about the company marketing the PARIS II software.
• Substitution of Organic Solvents in the Printing Industry: SUBSPRINT-Project
  Substitution of Organic Solvents in the Printing Industry« aims the reduction of health risks and environmental pollution aused by the industrial use of organic solvents in the Printing Industry. This is to be achieved by replacing organic solvents with vegetable cleaning agents.
• Project IRSST: Solvent substitution in the workplace
  Development of an intervention tool: Solvents are toxic substances that are in widespread use in Québec workplaces, and the industrialized world generally. They particularly useful in metal degreasing, the electronics, aerospace and printing sectors, paint and adhesive production, and dry-cleaning
• Waste Reduction Resource Center
  Bob Carter: Due to the rapid change in technology, new cleaners, new processes and experiences gained from their use, some of the material in this report may be out of date. Except for the Waste Reduction Resource Center (WRRC) contact information, this report has not been updated since 1996.

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