Themed collection 2025 Green Chemistry Reviews

Co-production of lime and soda ash through the anion exchange process is economically sustainable and can immediately reduce global CO₂ emissions by 37 Mt.

Molecular magnetism and computational chemistry examples of frugal modelling as a tool to prioritize energy-efficient algorithms to minimize resource intensive operations.

Waste polyolefins are efficiently upgraded into value-added products through hydrocracking, hydrolysis and tandem catalytic processes with non-noble metal catalysts.

We highlight the advancements toward electrophotochemical ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) catalysis, which has contributed to advancing sustainable radical chemistry by exploiting both visible light and electricity as clean energy inputs.

Humins are side-products derived from the acid-catalysed conversion of carbohydrate-containing biomass, including sugars (e.g. glucose, fructose, sucrose), oligo-, polysaccharides, and lignocellulosic feedstocks into HMF, furfural and levulinic acid.

The materials, preparation methods, properties, and applications of biodegradable microbeads in personal care products and cosmetics.

The based ex-ante techno-environmental-economic assessment based on process simulation can predict the performance based on the exiting laboratory- or pilot-scale experiment results and provide multidimensional quantified guidance.

This paper summarizes the recent advances in the biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from organic waste-derived volatile fatty acids (VFAs).

This feature article provides a comprehensive summary of the valorization of substances in the chemical recycling of polyvinyl chloride.

Chitin is a sustainable source of naturally-fixed nitrogen. This review explores advances in converting chitin into nitrogen-containing compounds, emphasizing progress in synthesizing benzenoid aromatics and highlighting future prospects.

This review compares biohydrogen and biomethane production via photo-fermentation, emphasizing their complementary roles as sustainable bioenergy sources.

Biomass (biowaste) can be converted into humic acid via hydrothermal humification under specific conditions, demonstrating significant application potential in agriculture, environmental management and materials science.

The synergistic interaction between acid and metal sites in the hydrodeoxygenation of biocrude oil model compounds.