[PDF] Sustainable Chemistry (Wit Transactions on Ecology and the Environment) G. Reniers, C. A. Brebbia

Sustainable Chemistry contains papers presented at the First International Conference on Sustainable Chemistry (CHEM 2011), organized by the Wessex Institute of Technology. The papers cover the most recent developments in the theoretical and practical aspects of sustainable chemistry. Chemical processes and products are essential to our daily lives. They are involved in industrial sectors as diverse as agriculture, automotive, clothing, communication, construction, food, health, leisure, mobility, plastics, space, transport, etc. Industrial chemistry is thus inextricably linked to our economic development.Nevertheless, societal expectations and the depletion of natural resources have created a drive for chemical processes to become cleaner, more efficient, less consuming, safer and more secure. The demand for chemical products to have a smaller ecological footprint is growing. Sustainable chemistry can provide the solution to these challenges, since it is concerned with the development of chemical products and processes that are economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable. Sustainable chemistry research aims for such benefits as a decrease in the use of energy and fossil materials, the development of clean, safe and secured processes, and the manufacture of useful, safe and sustainable products, always with a consideration for such factors as cost-effectiveness, eco-efficiency and inherent safety into consideration.