Sustainability – Page 6
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BusinessSetting the standard for calculating indirect emissions
Industry collaboration creates carbon footprinting guidelines for chemical products
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NewsCall for chemists to reorientate chemistry as a sustainability science
Chemists should take the lead to prevent the transgression of planetary boundaries
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ResearchLabs’ carbon footprint under scrutiny as tool calculates impact of buildings and scientists
Software reveals environmental impact of over 500 French labs
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ArticleSustainability applies to all polymers, not just plastics
How the RSC’s task force on polymers in liquid formulations is making progress
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ResearchMineralisation makes chemical recycling of fluoropolymers a possibility
By using molten sodium hydroxide, researchers show they can produce fluorite from fluoropolymers in a two-step process
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ResearchSplit-cell design behind batteries that degrade and get absorbed by their environment
Batteries that breakdown on their own could help minimise electronic waste
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FeatureSoil searching
Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists trying to understand – and improve – the health of the planet’s soil
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ArticleA paradigm shift in the development of environmentally sustainable consumer packaged goods
Simulation technologies can shortcut the design process for new materials
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ArticleCharacterisation and process optimisation of recycled resins for the polymer industry
Thermal and rheological analysis ensure that plastics maintain their performance
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ArticleHow analytical chemistry is enabling efficient polymer recycling
Waters technologies are helping its customers to make the shift to sustainable plastic use
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ArticleDriving environmental sustainability across the polymer supply chain with a digital chemistry strategy
From synthesis to formulation, manufacturing, recycling and reprocessing, computational modelling supports every part of process
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ResearchCarbon-negative concrete blocks could be made using magnesium from seawater
Electrolyser route avoids need for calcination step
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ResearchRedox flow batteries charge up with peptide-based electrolytes
Study shows how electrolytes could be degraded using acid and heat
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FeatureCultured meat flexes its muscles
Rebecca Trager examines an emerging industry that is growing ‘meat’ outside of animals using cell lines cultivated in bioreactors
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ResearchElectrochemical ‘game-changer’ could make aniline production greener
Sustainable production of important feedstock for dyes, drugs and herbicides is scalable
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NewsEuropean parliament labels nuclear and gas investments as ‘environmentally sustainable’ activities
Decision branded a disgrace by environmental groups
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ResearchSwitching protocol doubles carbon capture capacity of supercapacitors
Approach shows promise as way to capture CO2 in a more energy efficient manner
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FeatureIs synthetic petroleum the missing link in the route to net zero?
Weaning our economy off liquid fuels could be impossible, so can we make them without the carbon emissions? Rachel Brazil surveys the scene
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ResearchWastewater from battery recycling plants mined for water-splitting catalysts
Electrocatalysts derived from metal pollutants used to generate hydrogen