Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: Grand Challenges and Research Needs

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/11437

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Sustainability in the Chemical Industry

Grand Challenges and Research Needs

(2006)

Through innovative design, creation, processing, use, and disposal of substances, the chemical industry plays a major role in advancing applications to support sustainability in a way that will allow humanity to meet current environmental, economic, and societal needs without compromising the progress and success of future generations. Based on a workshop held in February 2005 that brought together a broad cross section of disciplines and organizations in the chemical industry, this report identifies a set of overarching Grand Challenges for Sustainability research in chemistry and chemical engineering to assist the chemical industry in defining a sustainability agenda. These Grand Challenges include life cycle analysis, renewable chemical feedstocks, and education, among others.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology; Committee on Grand Challenges for Sustainability in the Chemical Industry

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National Research Council. 2006. Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: Grand Challenges and Research Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/11437.

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206 pages | 6 x 9 |

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Paperback: 978-0-309-09571-6
Ebook: 978-0-309-13355-5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/11437

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-9
1. Introduction	10-18
2. Enabling Science and Technology That Drives the Application of Sustainable Chemistry	19-40
3. New Chemistries and Processes That Lead to Commercially Viable Alternative Feedstocks to Fossil Fuels	41-53
4. Addressing the Energy Intensity of the Chemical and Allied Process Industry	54-66
5. Sustainability Science Literacy and Education That Enables the Adoption of More Sustainable Practices in the Chemical Industry	67-79
6. Conclusions and Recommendations	80-90
Appendix A. Statement of Task	91-93
Appendix B. Committee Biosketches	94-98
Appendix C. Workshop Agenda	99-102
Appendix D. Workshop Summary	103-155
Appendix E. Summary of Workshop Breakout Sessions	156-184
Appendix F. Workshop Speaker Biographies	185-190
Appendix G. List of Workshop Participants	191-194

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