Green Topics for the Polymer Industry
Date: May 4-5, 2010 - Register before April 20, 2010 (AP8422)
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $835 USD
CEU's: 1.5
Instructor: Paula Watt
Location: Akron Polymer Training Center, Akron, OH 44325-5404
Course Overview: The energy and environmental consciousness of the world today is driving a wave of change for manufacturing companies. Environmental stewardship has become a larger part of the cost to do business and this trend is not likely to reverse. Everything from design to disposal must be considered in relation to green impact. As in other chemical based industries the Polymer Industry has special challenges in selection of materials, regulatory conformance, and waste management. With the green movement comes opportunity for companies to differentiate themselves as leaders. The movement is also spurring and accelerating green market opportunities. The companies that adapt to the requirements and lead in these markets will be winners. This course provides a survey of many of the green issues and opportunities facing the Polymer Industry today and serves as a starting point for businesses to begin their green journey.
Course Outline:
- The Green Movement
- Underlying drivers
- Trends Overview
- Regulatory Responses
- Europe
- WEEE
- ROHS
- REACH
- US/Canada
- California Proposition 65 (1986)
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999)
- EPA 2008 Report on the Environment
- International
- ISO 14001
- UN Kyoto Protocol (1992)
- Corporate Environmental and Health Stewardship
- Awareness and Disclosure
- Protective Controls
- Substitution/Elimination of Hazardous Content
- Energy Efficiency
- Reduced Carbon Footprint
- Chemicals of Current and Future Concern to the Polymer Industry
- Halogenated materials
- Bisphenol A
- Styrene
- Isocyanates
- MDA
- Phenol and Formaldehyde
- Phthalates
- Nanomaterials
- Green raw materials for the Polymer Industry
- Natural Fibers
- Recycled/Reclaimed fillers/fibers
- Biodegradable Polymers
- Monomers from renewable sources
- Low/No VOC products
- Green Design
- Mass Balance Analysis
- Green Indices
- Design for disassembly and recycling
- Risk Analysis
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Green Energy
- Wind
- Fuel Cells
- Solar Energy
- BioFuels
- Fossil Fuel Emissions Control
- Hydrostatic Energy
- Markets for Polymers fueled by Green
- Wind Energy
- Fuel cells
- Solar Energy
- Bio Fuels
- Fossil Fuel Emissions Control
- Desalinization/ Water Purification
- LED / LCD technologies
- LEEDs Green Construction
- Energy Star Appliances
- Mass Transit
- Green Technology Funding Opportunities
- Third Frontier
- NSF
- DOE
- AEP