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Purchasing System
Green Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard
The Green
Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard is intended as a tool
to reduce the hazardous waste profile in research labs, an effort
that ultimately saves MIT, and its researchers, money while reducing
hazard potentials and the burden to our environment. It is supported
by Executive Vice President Curry's Fall 2003 Institute-wide purchasing
policy, which identified environmentally preferable purchasing as
a sound method for saving money while maintaining MIT's reputation
for superior research. It is further supported by MIT’s requirement
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to identify
opportunities for minimizing waste and MIT’s
Pollution Prevention Program.
The Green Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard is funded under
the US Environmental Protection Agency’s People, Prosperity,
and the Planet (P3) grant program, the MIT Department of Chemistry
Paul Cook Innovation Fund, and the MIT Environmental Programs / EHS Headquarters Office
.
What the Green Chemical Alternatives Wizard does
The Green Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard is a web-based
tool. The wizard is a guided process that allows the user to search
from a select list of solvents commonly used in the laboratory,
and the associated process. The Wizard identifies less hazardous
and more environmentally benign chemicals or processes that may
be substituted, and provides journal references as well as URLs
to information that is available online. Users may print article
information or have email sent with the URL for the article reference.
Who can use the Green Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard
The Green Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard is available to
anyone with Internet access. The Wizard runs on both Mac and PC.
To run the Wizard, you will need a
Macromedia Flash player, which may be downloaded for free.
Links to MIT’s Purchasing System, however, are only accessible
to members of the MIT community with certificates.
How to use the Green Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard
Click on the link below to access the Wizard. Choose one of four
methods to start your search:
- By the chemical you wish to replace
- By the process you wish to replace or modify
- By an alternative chemical you may have heard or read about,
or
- By an alternative process you may have heard or read about
Click
here to access the Green Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard
Click here to download the Green
Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard Help Guide
Send requests for information to
greenchem@mit.edu. If you need assistance in the purchase and
use of less hazardous alternatives, please contact your department
EHS Coordinator or the EHS office at 617-452-EHSS (3477).
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