The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Program has helped “catapult environmental protection to a new level by designing and creating manufacturing processes that are more efficient and less polluting.”
   – Susan Hazen, Acting Assistant Administrator,
   Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxics, US EPA

The information you need to nominate your green chemistry technology for a 2005 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award is now available. The nomination deadline is December 31, 2004.

Since last year, we have clarified our instructions to make the nomination process more straightforward. Nominations are limited to eight pages–please review the nomination package (153 KB, PDF) as you prepare your nomination. Our Web site has summaries of previous winning technologies that might be helpful. You might also want to read the cover story on this year’s winners in the July 12, 2004 issue of Chemical & Engineering News.

If you submitted a nomination for the competition in the past, you may resubmit your technology as long as it is still within five years of a significant milestone. Revising your nomination to include more information can improve its chance of winning. Resubmitted or revised nominations are as likely to win as new nominations.

If you have questions about the nomination process or presenting your technology in the most effective way, please contact Richard Engler at 202-564-8740 or engler.richard@epa.gov.

We look forward to receiving your nomination. Remember: We cannot recognize your technology if you do not tell us about it!

"The time for green chemistry and engineering is here. It is the 21st Century approach to manufacturing."
   – Theodore Kassinger, General Counsel and
   Designee Deputy Secretary of Commerce

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