Industry/Sector: Cleaning Products
This alternatives assessment service helps craft beverage manufacturers adopt safer cleaning and sanitizing strategies
Industry/Sector: Cleaning Products
TURI provides grants to academic researchers to support efforts to find and develop safer alternatives to harmful chemicals.
Industry/Sector: Cleaning Products
TURI offers grants to help Massachusetts businesses adopt safer alternatives to toxic chemicals.
Industry/Sector: Cleaning Products
One of the key strategies in reducing the use of toxic products is to prevent their purchase. After
an infection-control program is developed, purchasing the right products enables
implementation.
Industry/Sector: Cleaning Products
The largest markets for surfactants are primarily, household detergents, industrial
cleaners and personal care products (as shown in Figure 1). With the remarkable
ability to influence the properties of surfaces and interfaces, surfactants are essential
ingredients in thousands of products.
Industry/Sector: Cleaning Products
On behalf of a cleaning solutions formulator, the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) investigated the
relative chemical hazards of five enzymatic detergent formulations, which included 21 individual
chemicals.
Industry/Sector: Cleaning Products
Biobased products may soon replace most petroleum-based chemicals, industrial products and composite materials. Advocates emphasize
that these products are environmentally friendlier, safer and healthier for the users.
Industry/Sector: Cleaning Products
In fiscal year 2002, the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) identified several focus areas for its Cleaner
Technology Demonstration Site (CTDS) program. One primary focus area was the application of green
chemistry as a means of accomplishing toxic chemical use reduction.
Industry/Sector: Cleaning Products
Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is commonly used in the food industry as an alkaline detergent in clean-in-place
(CIP) processes.
Industry/Sector: Cleaning Products
The Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School Automotive Technology (Auto Tech) Program is
creating a safer and healthier work environment for students by replacing harsh solvents with a
microbe-based (bio-based) technology to clean dirty parts.
