green chemistry Archives

MBDC Team Members Reflect on their Attendance at the Texworld Conference and Functional Fabrics Fair

Last month, MBDC Environmental Chemist Lauren Lieske and Senior Manager Kendall O’Shea attended the Texworld conference and the Functional Fabrics Fair at the Javis center in New York City. They each shared their takeaways of attending these events pertaining to their work in the green chemistry space. What sparked your interest in attending the Texworld […]

New Environmental Chemist Joins MBDC Team

MBDC is happy to welcome Peyton Fernandez as our newest Environmental Chemist. Prior to joining the MBDC team, Peyton explored green chemistry in a variety of ways. We sat down with her to discuss her experience and thoughts on Cradle to Cradle Design™. What is your general background? As an environmentalist at heart with a […]

MBDC Chemist Reflects on Transparency Trend

By: Jacob Melone When it comes to products’ chemical make-up, transparency has never been the norm. Manufacturers have often gone to extreme measures to protect their intellectual property and trade secrets. Despite this competitive atmosphere, MBDC, creators and foremost implementers of the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Products Program, have built cooperative relationships with manufacturers and […]

Blueland Launches Innovative Cleaning Products with Platinum Level Material Health Certificates Assessed by MBDC

Imagining a waste-free cleaning product industry is getting closer to reality. MBDC is pleased to have recently provided two Material Health Assessments for Blueland, a company that launched today with household products that aim to eliminate the need for single-use packaging. The Material Health Certificates for Blueland’s ‘Forever Bottle’ and solution tablets were awarded at […]

Michelle Pfeiffer Launches Henry Rose with Five Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Gold Fragrances Assessed by MBDC

MBDC provided the recently announced assessments for Henry Rose, a line of fine fragrances by Michelle Pfeiffer, resulting in Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Gold overall product certification and Platinum recognition in the Material Health category. In pursuit of certification at the Gold level, MBDC assessed the formulas for each fragrance down to the parts per […]

Aqdot Answers Industry Call for Safer Chemicals with Platinum Level Material Health Certificates for Two Novel Ingredients

Aqdot, the UK-based supramolecular chemistry company to bring its innovation to the U.S. in 2019, has achieved two Platinum level Material Health Certificates by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. MBDC was proud to lead the assessment for Aq™Bit, an innovative ingredient which has an exceptional capability for capturing, holding and releasing materials to […]

Joel Makower of GreenBiz.com talks to Bill McDonough about ‘The Upcycle’

Joel Makower of GreenBiz.com talks to Bill McDonough about 'The Upcycle'. The book ties together the impressive contributions McDonough and Braungart have made over the past quarter century, individually and together, toward the goal of re-envisioning commerce. [...]

The best tools for using healthier materials in your products

This article is the second in a three-part series exploring the challenges manufacturers face to design healthier products and the resources available to help them avoid chemicals of concern. Each post will focus one of the three phases in the Cradle to Cradle framework: inventory, assessment and optimization. [...]

Ingredients for a Healthy Business

--By Tish Tablan- Recent commitments by major consumer brands will hopefully have a ripple effect in their industries and inspire more companies to follow suit. These formulation improvements can be critical for businesses to win over customers in a climate where environmental and consumer advocacy groups are becoming more vocal about seeing these changes happen. [...]

Safer Consumer Products Summit 2012

San Jose, CA: Jay Bolus is a featured speaker at the Safer Consumer Products Summit 2012. The pre-Summit Forum “Innovating for Safer/Greener Products” will coalesce strategies from manufacturers, brand owners and chemical companies—both global names and start-ups. The Forum will also explore new opportunities for suppliers of alternative materials and chemicals and LCA and toxicology [...]