Themed collection UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Safe-and-sustainable-by-design (SSbD) is a pre-market approach that integrates innovation with safety and sustainability along the entire life cycle.

Chemistry should adopt material stewardship as a central mission in fulfilling its vital role in sustainability for people and planet.

Increased human activity due to the ever-increasing global population has necessitated the urgent need for a sustainable environment, food, and energy.

Within the study, synthesis of OME in a continuous, liquid phase process at the kg h⁻¹ scale is demonstrated. Catalyst deactivation is observed and further investigated to understand the underlying mechanism and propose further developments.

Cellulose acetate (CA) membranes incorporated with amino acids (AAs) and ionic liquids (ILs) fabricated using phase inversion technique have been proven to be efficient and effective for nanofiltration to treat heavy metal ion solutions.

VFD technology achieves sustainable and efficient production of Mongongo FAEE, with the product demonstrating strong potential in organic cosmetics, improving hair protection by enhancing gloss, reducing pore size, and preventing damage.

Co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastics is essential to improve the quality and yield of pyrolytic products, optimise energy recovery, and mitigate plastic waste, providing a sustainable approach to waste valorisation.

A process combining brine-electrolysis and photolysis is proposed for CH₄ and CO₂ removal from the troposphere. Further developments to meet applicable technology constraints in overall negative emission and economic viability are discussed.

Non-isocyanate polyurethane nanocomposites from soybean oil and TiO₂ exhibit improved thermal stability, mechanical strength, hydrophobicity, and antimicrobial properties, highlighting eco-friendly material innovation.

An operationally simple and visible light promoted approach has been developed for synthesizing diversely functionalized succinimides under transition-metal and oxidant-free conditions in PEG-400.