Environmental Protection
Green Chemistry

Green chemistry is about designing products and processes to reduce or eliminate the need to manage and control end-of-cycle waste. The Budget contains $772,000 special fund and six positions for the California Green Chemistry Initiative. Historically, environmental protection has concentrated on capturing and storing hazardous waste. Green chemistry is a fundamentally new approach to environmental protection, transitioning away from managing toxic chemicals at the end of the lifecycle, to reducing or eliminating their use altogether.

The Green Chemistry Initiative will identify options to significantly reduce the impact of toxic chemicals on public health and the environment. The initiative is a comprehensive and collaborative approach to develop a consistent means for evaluating risk, reduce exposure, encourage less toxic industrial processes, and identify safer alternatives. The result of a cooperative effort between the Department of Toxic Substances Control and volunteer industries will be an information repository that will provide safer, non-toxic alternatives to current production practices.
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CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS for Environmental Protection Back to Top

 California Global Warming Solutions Act
 Financial Incentive Program for Heavy-Duty Vehicles
 Hydrogen Highway
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Enacted Budget Detail - Environmental Protection
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