A portmanteau of green and whitewash, greenwashing was originally used to describe the practice of overselling a product's "green" characteristics.
While the industry makes its first tentative moves toward a more environmentally aware future, some say the impact of such programs will be minimal until the manufacturers increase the green characteristics of their most popular products.
We are losing all the green characteristics of Maidstone".
The Travelstar 5K500.B is the latest drive to be distinguished by the new Hitachi "EcoTrac" classification, due to its significantly reduced wattage (which leads to extended battery life), halogen-free design and other "green" characteristics.
Rechargeable Zn batteries (ZBs) have received increasing attention due to their cheap, safe and green characteristics, but their further development is generally bottlenecked by lack of compatible electrolytes.
In order to fully exploit the green characteristics of solid base catalysts they should be fabricated into macrostructured rather than powder form.
Nitrilases have long been considered as an attractive alternative to chemical catalyst in carboxylic acids biosynthesis due to their green characteristics and the catalytic potential in nitrile hydrolysis.
Nowadays, rammed earth construction is attracting renewed interest throughout the world thanks to its "green" characteristics in the context of sustainable development.
Rammed earth construction is attracting a renewed interest throughout the world thanks to its "green" characteristics in the context of sustainable development.
Among different supercritical fluids, carbon dioxide is one of the most widely used solvents due to its useful and green characteristics.
As usual for LCA [26] also within the TEPHA framework, the proven green characteristics could then be used for communication towards regulators, e.g. regarding climate change impacts and as a unique selling point, if the new bio-based product turns out to be more environmentally friendly compared to a conventional alternative.
