Many companies have adopted a proactive approach to the environment, with the aim of utilizing natural resources more efficiently and reducing the environmental impact of production processes, transportation and products. From green chemistry to nanotechnology, any number of fields present opportunities for dramatic environmental improvements.

  • Plastics with sugarcane instead of oil
    Without chemistry, the world would look very different and our planet would certainly not exist in the way we know it. Chemistry is in our…
  • The time is ripe for lead-free steel
    In Sweden’s national environmental quality objective ‘A non-toxic environment,’ lead is described as a hazardous substance for both…
  • Producing electricity and heat with solar energy
    One of the first articles in our series about products that have had a positive effect on the environment was published back in 2008. It…
  • Norrgavel – Furniture made for function, form and the environment
    “I want to create furniture that gives us a gateway to what’s important in life and that brings us closer to the essence of life,”…
  • Energy-efficient Timber Drying
    The moisture quotient of the wood shouldn’t be higher or lower than the surrounding air where it is to be used. In a living tree,…
  • An Energy-Efficient “Gas Pedal” for Electric Motors
    Most of us don’t give a great deal of thought to the functioning of static frequency converters, known as “drives.” But for companies…
  • Icy Technology to Clean Contaminated Sites
    Toxic contamination is a problem at hundreds of thousands of sites on land and in the sediments beneath lakes and streams all over the world.…