The American Chemistry Council announced its president and CEO Cal Dooley is applauding the USGBC’s decision to delay the balloting of LEED 2012—now called LEED v4—until June 2013.

In particular, the ASC questioned the practicality of a new material resource credit that would measure U.S. products sold in North America by their ability to meet the qualifications set up by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) under the REACH program.

A new biobased label adhesive, DaniMer 92721, can reportedly eliminate the problems associated with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container recycling.

GraalBio Investimentos S.A. and Beta Renewables recently announced that GraalBio will build Brazil’s first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant.

This company, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Co., introduced a new cavity sealing solution made with 25% renewable-based materials

The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) recently announced that three definitions related to sustainability the organization submitted were approved by the full ASTM D 14 Adhesives Committee at its recent meeting.