Circular Chemistry: An Enabler of Circular Economy To Achieve the Zero-Waste Goal

The main aims of zero-waste goals are the promotion of sustainable production and consumption through the societal move toward circular approaches. The chemical industry includes a variety of processes to produce various useful consumables, but many of these processes have serious negative environmental, health, and safety impacts at every level of their design, production, processing, and uses. Circularity is at the core of eco-design and the production technology in which waste is repurposed and their environmental impacts are reduced via the 3Rs concepts: reduce, reuse, and recycle. The integration of circular approaches with chemistry makes it a circular chemistry (CC). This article provides a brief literature review on CC and why it is important to tackle the various sustainability-related issues. Here we conduct a structured opinion as well as evidence-based review to explore the role of CC to make it more sustainable. Fundamental aspects of CC and its role in the circular economy have been discussed, and it is concluded that the design of clean chemical processes, recovery, and reuse of wastes, and reintroducing recovered materials back to the industrial production chain is possible and scalable. This article aligns with 7 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, that is, 3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, and 15.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Circular Chemistry: An Enabler of Circular Economy To Achieve the Zero-Waste Goal ; volume:01 ; number:CP ; year:2024 ; Sustainability & circularity now ; 01, Heft CP (2024)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen: Singh, Santosh Bahadur

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.1055/a-2451-4726
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2501161057429.476189883932
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 15.08.2025, 07:37 MESZ