Transition to sustainable chemistry through digitalization

Fantke, Peter; Cinquemani, Claudio; Yaseneva, Polina; Mello, Jonathas De; Schwabe, Henning; Ebeling, Bjoern; Lapkin, Alexei

doi:10.1016/j.chempr.2021.09.012

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“…An international body should carefully review existing regional strategies such as the EU Chemical Strategy for Sustainability [ 2 ]—including their regulatory mechanisms and effectiveness in mitigating pollution—and conclude on requirements for a toxic-free environment on a global scale. This overarching goal requires, among others, incentives and initiatives to close data gaps on pollution, risks and promising governance instruments in many regions of the world, supported amongst others by better uptake of digitalization methods [ 57 ] to derive and prioritize needs for global prevention, monitoring, regulation and mitigation.…”

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One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science–policy body on chemicals and waste

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The chemical pollution crisis severely threatens human and environmental health globally. To tackle this challenge the establishment of an overarching international science–policy body has recently been suggested. We strongly support this initiative based on the awareness that humanity has already likely left the safe operating space within planetary boundaries for novel entities including chemical pollution. Immediate action is essential and needs to be informed by sound scientific knowledge and data compiled and critically evaluated by an overarching science–policy interface body. Major challenges for such a body are (i) to foster global knowledge production on exposure, impacts and governance going beyond data-rich regions (e.g., Europe and North America), (ii) to cover the entirety of hazardous chemicals, mixtures and wastes, (iii) to follow a one-health perspective considering the risks posed by chemicals and waste on ecosystem and human health, and (iv) to strive for solution-oriented assessments based on systems thinking. Based on multiple evidence on urgent action on a global scale, we call scientists and practitioners to mobilize their scientific networks and to intensify science–policy interaction with national governments to support the negotiations on the establishment of an intergovernmental body based on scientific knowledge explaining the anticipated benefit for human and environmental health.

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“…One key area for circular economy and sustainable chemistry is digitalization. [ 110 ] Digital platforms can help to create a marketplace for recycled materials, making material availabilities and qualities transparent. To this end, there are activities by startups (e.g., EME – Excess Materials Exchange from The Netherlands, MikaCycle in France or Scrapo in the U.S.) and publicly funded projects, for example, DiLink [ 111 ] supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.…”

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The Frontier of Plastics Recycling: Rethinking Waste as a Resource for High‐Value Applications

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2022

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Following the circular economy hierarchy of reduce and reuse, recycling is the third layer to close the loops for materials and decouple their value from consumption. Polymeric materials ("plastics") are in principle well suited for recycling, as they can be reprocessed with relatively low energy input as a material, cleaved back into their monomers or converted back to feedstock. Today, these approaches still fall short in quantitatively diverting waste towards reuse. This perspective describes the industry challenges for recycling back into high value applications of polymers, and the portfolio of existing and emerging technology solutions. Sustainable design of products and polymers, recycling technologies, appropriate business models, and enabling technologies converge at the frontier of plastics recycling, for a transformation of the industry towards circularity and greenhouse gas emission neutrality.

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“…The massive consumption of coal, petroleum, and other energy sources as well as environmental pollution is one of the most critical issues for modern society. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] With the world committed to drastic cuts in carbon emissions, efficient utilization of sustainable and clean energy is now more important than ever. Currently, low-grade heat is widespread in industrialized society, and it will have a dramatic impact on the economy and environment by harvesting and converting it into electricity.…”

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Redox-induced thermocells for low-grade heat harvesting: mechanism, progress, and their applications

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J. Mater. Chem. A

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Transition to sustainable chemistry through digitalization

Cited by 56 publications

References 78 publications

One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science–policy body on chemicals and waste

One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science–policy body on chemicals and waste

The Frontier of Plastics Recycling: Rethinking Waste as a Resource for High‐Value Applications

Redox-induced thermocells for low-grade heat harvesting: mechanism, progress, and their applications

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