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Bayer receives environmental award

Berlin – Bayer has been presented with the 2008 Environmental Award in the category “Environmentally Friendly Technologies” by the Federation of German Industries (BDI) for a new chlorine production process that reduces power consumption and CO₂ emissions by 30 percent.

The environmentally friendly technology impressed the jury as an example of German industry’s innovative capability. Chlorine is a basic raw material for the manufacture of high-tech materials such as polyurethane. Bayer worked with partners to develop the oxygen depolarized cathode technology, which enables chlorine to be recycled in a closed system.

Increasing energy efficiency in chlorine production is one of the goals of climate protection activities that Bayer has combined under its Climate Program since the end of 2007.