Themed collection UN Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger

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

Novel material design for sustainable development of agriculture is of key importance.

Plasma-based nitrogen fixation, leveraging non-thermal plasma technologies, offers a promising alternative to conventional processes, with the potential to decentralize fertilizer production, reduce CO₂ emissions, and employ renewable energy sources.

Food packaging plays a crucial role in preventing food spoilage, preserving food quality, minimising food waste, and ensuring food safety.

The role and potential implications of Negative Emission Technologies (NETs) for atmospheric CO₂ removal and long-term storage, supporting global efforts toward net-zero climate goals.

Phosphorus recovery from animal manures by pyrolysis can effectively close the agricultural phosphorus cycle.

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

Measuring sustainability in international chemicals management: we present 23 indicators as a contribution to the Global Framework on Chemicals. Due to the overarching concept of sustainable chemistry, the indicators are related to several SDGs.

CBC was analyzed for its electronic, molecular, and adsorption properties. Despite its narrow ΔE_gap (0.058 eV), reactivity is limited due to orbital separation. CuO binds stronger than ZnO but co-adsorption reduces deformation, enhancing synergy.

Since the early 21st century, biochar (BC) has garnered attention for its agricultural and environmental applications.

Bacillus thuringiensis was isolated from soil and used to biodegrade chrome shaving dust. Optimal degradation (94.8%) was achieved at 35% seed, 12.86% nutrients, and 101.27 h. This simple, efficient microbial process outperforms enzymatic methods.

Bio-derived calcium carbonate, calcite nanocrystals from mussel shells, can be decorated with copper oxide nanoparticles using green methods.

We report the fabrication, performance and degradation of a vanillin cross-linked chitosan film containing gallic acid as the active component.

By-products from the fish processing industry were used to produce hydroxyapatite nanoparticles through green methods. After cleaning with enzymes, the bones were transformed into spherical nanoparticles with diameters <100 nm using mechanochemistry.

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.

In vivo toxicity of PVC and PAC sheets with embryonic zebrafish.