GreenBlue Names James Ewell Director of Chemicals Program

We are excited to announce that James Ewell has joined GreenBlue as the Director of the newly expanded GreenBlue Chemicals program. James was a member of the original team that founded GreenBlue, so we are delighted to welcome him back to the organization. James has over 15 years of experience working with leading companies on sustainability strategies. He was previously the Director of Consulting and Senior Project Manager for McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC), where he developed and implemented criteria for designing and manufacturing sustainable products.

Under James’s leadership, the new GreenBlue Chemicals program will build on the success of CleanGredients to develop more tools and resources to identify and promote safer chemicals as an essential step in the design and production of more sustainable products. We look forward to introducing James to our CleanGredients subscribers and supporters of our Chemicals program over the coming months.

Fragrance Listings in CleanGredients Continue to Grow

The number of fragrances listed in CleanGredients is growing quickly and has doubled over the past few months. Most recently, fragrance formulators such as Orchidia Fragrances, Belle-Aire Fragrances, and Lucta USA have listed many new fragrances in CleanGredients. If you make blended fragrances and would like to promote your products through CleanGredients, please contact us for more information.

CleanGredients at ISSA/INTERCLEAN® North America

CleanGredients will once again have a booth at ISSA/INTERCLEAN North America, which is being held in Las Vegas on October 18-21. ISSA/INTERCLEAN is the premier trade show for the cleaning products industry. Stop by booth number 3770 (which will be directly between the DfE and the Healthy Schools Campaign booths) to learn what’s new with CleanGredients, ask questions, or give us any feedback you may have. We hope to see you there!

Enhancements to the DfE Safer Product Labeling Program

If you missed last Tuesday’s live DfE webcast, "Enhancements to the EPA's Design for the Environment Safer Product Labeling Program," you can still watch a recording on the DfE website. In this webcast, Clive Davies, Chief of the DfE program, and Libby Sommer, Environmental Scientist with DfE, discuss recent enhancements to the DfE Safer Product Labeling Program and the stakeholder process that led to the development of these enhancements, as well as answer a variety of questions from the audience about the program.

DfE Alternatives Assessment for NPEs: Request for Comments

The EPA recently released the Nonylphenol (NP) and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates (NPE) Action Plan to address concerns over potential ecological and other effects. To implement part of the Action Plan, the DfE Program has prepared a draft Alternatives Assessment entitled Alternatives for Nonylphenol Ethoxylates. DfE is now accepting comments on the draft Alternatives Assessment, which you can download here. The comment period closes on November 30, 2011, so please send any comments to David DiFiore by that time.