--- title: Protecting the Environment, One Shopping Cart at a Time description: Due to consumer demand for environmentally friendly products, more and more chemical companies are developing green solvents. Learn more. image: https://blog.marketresearch.com/hs-fs/hub/209482/file-416746326.jpg --- [![MarketResearch.com](https://blog.marketresearch.com/hs-fs/hub/209482/file-22777923.gif?width=295&height=66&name=file-22777923.gif "MarketResearch.com")](https://www.marketresearch.com/) [Market Research Blog](https://blog.marketresearch.com/) # Protecting the Environment, One Shopping Cart at a Time by [Daniel Debelius](https://blog.marketresearch.com/author/daniel-debelius), on August 19, 2016 ![green solvents](https://blog.marketresearch.com/hs-fs/hub/209482/file-416746326.jpg?width=300&name=file-416746326.jpg "green solvents")Environmental protection has an increasingly noticeable impact on consumer products. One major change has been both the makeup of available products in the marketplace and the composition of chemicals used, with producers gradually shifting to more environmentally friendly options. While this transformation is due in large part to regulations and environmental laws, consumer preference is undoubtedly shaping the industry from the front end. Consumers prefer green products because they are seen as safer and cleaner than traditionally manufactured alternatives. From organic shampoos and lotions to bio-based cleaning products to natural paints and coatings, green products are becoming increasingly prevalent in the modern marketplace. In order to make these environmentally friendly products, companies are looking for bio-based solvents and green versions of established chemicals to replace the petroleum-based raw materials in their formulations. According to Matt Breuer, an Industry Analyst at The Freedonia Group, “Green solvents will make up over 20 percent of US solvent demand by 2020.” ### Solvent Producers Find Opportunity Despite Regulations          Environmental concerns are nothing new to solvent producers and end users. Regulations such as the Clean Air Act have shaped the chemistry of the solvent industry for decades and will continue to do so going forward. However, suppliers of solvents destined to reside in consumer end-products have become increasingly pressured to adapt to the needs of the modern consumer. Consumers are searching for products with labels like all-natural, biodegradable, non-toxic, and green, while manufacturers of solvent products are looking to develop chemical replacements to meet these demands. As a result, more and more chemical companies are making advances into the green market: - [Green Biologics](http://www.greenbiologics.com/) is looking to begin commercial production of biobutanol from corn in Little Falls, Minnesota, at the end of 2016. - In 2015, Gevo and Butamax settled their patent infringement claims over the bio-isobutanol production process, opening the door for expanded production going forward. - [BASF](https://www.basf.com/us/en.html) has a licensing agreement with [Genomatica](http://www.genomatica.com/), which allows BASF to build a large-scale production facility that harnesses Genomatica’s GENO butanediol fermentation technology and production process. In many cases, consumer preference for green chemicals have eased the burden on solvent suppliers and end users looking to meet regulatory standards. Companies within the solvent industry looking to adapt their products to meet environmental regulations have found the costs and transition alleviated by a marketplace predisposed to less hazardous products. Similarly, a shopper’s decision to buy cleaner and safer items has accelerated the movement throughout the solvent production line to protect the environment. Consumers, via the simple act of filling their shopping cart with green products, have become a formidable force in an evolving chemical industry.    ### Find Out More For additional analysis about the state of the solvents industry, see the industry study [***Solvents***](http://bit.ly/2aUp70C) by the Freedonia Group. 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