Green chemistry and the plastic pollution challenge: towards a circular economy
The solution to plastic pollution is not less chemistry but more, greener chemistry in a circular bio-based economy.
Future green chemistry and sustainability needs in polymeric coatings
Challenges and opportunities for paints and coatings.
Opportunities and perspectives for green chemistry in semiconductor technologies
Semiconductor technologies offer a plethora of technological challenges and opportunities for a more extensive implementation of green chemistry principles.
Greening chemistry and ecotoxicology towards sustainable environmental quality
Pursuit of sustainable environmental quality is a noble goal, but global megatrends, highlighted by concentration of chemical use in cities faster than implementation of waste management systems, present emerging risks to public health and the environment.
Perspective
Key Green Chemistry research areas from a pharmaceutical manufacturers’ perspective revisited
The ACS Green Chemistry Institute® Pharmaceutical Roundtable has assembled an updated list of key research areas to highlight transformations and reaction media where more sustainable technologies would be most impactful.
A call to (green) arms: a rallying cry for green chemistry and engineering for CO2 capture, utilisation and storage
Chemists, engineers, scientists, lend us your ears… Carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) is among the largest challenges on the horizon and we need your help.
Perspective
Opportunities for greener alternatives in chemical formulations
Formulated products contain some components that need to be replaced because of identified or suspected negative effects on health or the environment.
Critical Review
Continuous manufacturing – the Green Chemistry promise?
We review Green Chemistry advances resulting when transitioning to continuous manufacturing with focus on Green Chemistry elements inherent in flow chemistry and related separation processes.
About this collection
This ongoing special collection of Green Chemistry comprises Perspective articles focused on identifying the key needs and problems within the field to help direct future green chemistry research, serving the community and enabling progress towards an even greener future. New contributions are welcome.