Green Chemistry

The chemical industry, in tandem with other businesses, provides society with a wide variety of essential products, including healthcare products to packaging materials. An increasingly unavoidable by-product of these industries is their contribution to pollution and global warming. In response to this, there is a rising demand for more sustainable manufacturing processes.

The aim of green chemistry is to develop chemical processes and eco-friendly products that will prevent pollution by creating alternatives to hazardous substances. By definition, this subject area relates to “the utilization of a set of principles that reduces or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products” (Anastas & Warner, 1998).

The aim of this collection is to bring together recent works related to developments and improvements within the green chemistry field in a bid to drive innovation forward.

This collection focuses on research articles that are related but not limited to the 12 principles of green chemistry:

1. Waste prevention/reutilization
2. Atom Economy
3. Less Hazardous Chemical Synthesis
4. Designing Safer Chemicals
5. Safer Solvents & Auxiliaries
6. Design for Energy Efficiency
7. Use of Renewable Feedstocks
8. Reduce Derivatives
9. Catalysis
10. Design for Degradation
11. Real-time Pollution Prevention
12. Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention

Collection advisors: Solange Mussatto (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)