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Carles Estévez - IUCT, Spain
A. Cannon - Beyond Benign Foundation, Woburn, MA, USA
T. Collins - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
D. Constable - GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, PA, USA
B. Cue - Guiding Green, Ledyard, CT, USA
M. Hearn - Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
J. Hutchinson - University of Oregon, USA
J. Keriko - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
A. Morelli - Procter and Gamble, Egham, UK
P. Moyna - Universidad de la Republica Facultad de Quimica, Montevidea, Uruguay
H. Nishide - Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
R. Noyori - RIKEN, Wako Japan
Fundamentally new materials and application mechanisms are being developed that avoid VOCs and other hazardous materials for hair, skin and nail products.
This book aims to introduce the reader to the design, development, and evaluation processes of new Green Chemistry methodologies. A comprehensive introductory text, it takes a broad view of the subject and integrates a wide variety of topics. Topics covered include: alternative feedstocks, environmentally benign synthetic methodologies, designing safer chemical products, new reaction conditions, alternative solvents and catalyst development, and the use of biosynthesis and biomimetic principles. The reader is introduced to the new evaluation process that encompasses the health and environmental impact of a synthetic pathway from choice of starting materials through to target molecule. Throughout the text, comparisons and contrasts with classical methodologies are offered as illustrative examples. This accessible text is aimed at all those involved with the design, manufacture, use and disposal of chemicals and their products - especially synthetic chemicals at the graduate and professional level, process development chemists and environmental scientists. From reviews of the hardback: 'An excellent introduction into the fast growing field and the fascinating science of green chemistry.... Should be consulted by anyone who wants to know about environmentally benign chemistry and, especially, by scientists who contemplate adopting its principles in their own research or teaching efforts.' Science
About the Author
Dr Paul T. Anastas Prof. John C. Warner Chief, Industrial Chemistry Branch Department of Chemistry U.S. Environmental Protection Agency University of Massachusetts Boston 401 M St S.W. 100 Morrissey Blvd Mail Code 7406 Boston Washington MA 02125-3393 DC 20460 US US
- Pollution Prevention
- Atom Economy
- Less Hazardous Synthesis
- Design Safer Chemicals
- Safer Solvents & Auxiliaries
- Energy Efficiency
- Renewable Feedstocks
- Reduce Derivatives
- Catalysis
- Design for Degradation
- Real-Time Analysis
- Accident Prevention
Green Chemistry is a revolutionary philosophy that seeks to unite government, academic and industrial communities by placing more focus on environmental impacts at the earliest stage of innovation and invention. This approach requires an open and interdisciplinary view of material and product design, applying the principle that it is better to consider waste prevention options during the design and development phase, rather than disposing or treating waste after a process or material has been developed. Environmentally benign alternatives to current materials and technologies must be systematically introduced across all types of manufacturing to promote a more environmental and economically sustainable future.
Environmentally benign alternative technologies have been proven to be economically superior and function as well or better than more toxic traditional options. When hazardous materials are removed from processes, all hazard-related costs are removed as well, significantly reducing hazardous materials handling, transportation, disposal and compliance concerns.
Given a choice between traditional options and green solutions, business leaders choose responsibly. Unfortunately, there is a significant shortage of more responsible green alternatives. Scientists and non-scientists alike can begin to address this technological gap by recognizing the interconnectivity between the construction of materials and environmental protection. There is tremendous untapped opportunity for ingenuity and reward at the chemical design stage; this is the central concern of Green Chemistry.
For this reason, Beyond Benign is focused on promoting science literacy in the interdependent arenas of community, industry and education.
- Learn about the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry.
- Learn how companies are using green chemistry to preserve the environment.
- Contact us about a seminar or training for your organization.
- Certificate and higher education opportunities in green chemistry are available.
- Learn about green chemistry in the classroom & in the lab.
Beyond Benign is a nonprofit focused on creating a workforce and public that is well educated in green chemistry in order to create safer materials for a thriving society.
Beyond Benign is a non-profit taskforce focused on promoting science literacy in the interdependent arenas of community, industry and education in order to create a safer and more sustainable world. Driven by the concepts of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry, Beyond Benign creates tools, opportunities and parterships to support the implementation of community involvement initiatives, workplace training and cooperation programs and K-12 education resources.
Beyond Benign was created to gather and disseminate green chemistry information to a wide audience. The Foundation is focused on creating a future where sustainability and economic development go hand-and-hand. In order to create this future, green chemistry knowledge and education must become standard practice, rather than the exception. Therefore, Beyond Benign focuses on infusing green chemistry knowledge throughout society through a variety of means. Beyond Benign focuses on the dissemination of green chemistry information in four main areas:
Industry – Green chemistry technologies can be more effectively implemented with a well-informed, well-trained workforce. Beyond benign will provide educational materials and workshops to industries seeking to train their workforce in green chemistry practices.
Non-governmental organizations – Beyond Benign will serve as a partner for NGO’s with overlapping interests involving safer products and materials, science education and literacy, and environmental advocacy in order to promote the dissemination of green chemistry information.
Community – Green chemistry education must be done at a grass roots level, therefore Beyond Benign serves to educate the greater community about green chemistry through the education of K-12 teachers and students; community-based educational programs; and, by partnering with local community groups to create educational materials through a variety of media.
November 15, 2005
The challenge for today's new chemistry graduates is to meet society's demand for new products that have increased benefits, but without detrimental effects on the environment. Green Chemistry: An Introductory Text outlines the basic concepts of the subject in simple language, looking at the role of catalysts and solvents, waste minimization, feedstocks, green metrics and the design of safer, more efficient processes. The inclusion of industrially relevant examples throughout demonstrates the importance of green chemistry in many industry sectors. Intended primarily for use by students and lecturers, this book will also appeal to industrial chemists, engineers, managers or anyone wishing to know more about green chemistry.
This book aims to stimulate and promote the wide-ranging aspects of green chemistry and its major role in ensuring sustainable development. The book covers the following areas: green chemistry; green reagents and atom economy; safeguarding the atmosphere; industrial green catalysis; alternative reaction conditions; biocatalysis and green chemistry. This book is based on the third edition of the Collection of Lectures of the Summer Schools on Green Chemistry held in Venice, Italy in the summers of 1998-2003 (sponsored by the European Commission, TMR and Improving Programmes and carried out by the Consortzio Interuniversitario La Chemica per l'Ambiente).
This first book to focus on catalytic processes from the viewpoint of green chemistry presents every important aspect:
- Numerous catalytic reductions and oxidations methods
- Solid-acid and solid-base catalysis
- C-C bond formation reactions
- Biocatalysis
- Asymmetric catalysis
- Novel reaction media like e.g. ionic liquids, supercritical CO2
- Renewable raw materials
Written by Roger A. Sheldon—without doubt one of the leaders in the field with much experience in academia and industry—and his co-workers, the result is a unified whole, an indispensable source for every scientist looking to improve catalytic reactions, whether in the college or company lab.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0123725321/electrifyingt-20
May 15, 2007
Book Description
Chemical processes provide a diverse array of valuable products and materials used in applications ranging from health care to transportation and food processing. Yet these same chemical processes that provide products and materials essential to modern economies, also generate substantial quantities of wastes and emissions. Green Chemistry is the utilization of a set of principles that reduces or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances in design. Due to extravagant costs needed to managing these wastes, tens of billions of dollars a year, there is a need to propose a way to create less waste. Emission and treatment standards continue to become more stringent, which causes these costs to continue to escalate.
This book describes both the science (theory) and engineering (application) principles of Green Chemistry that lead to the generation of less waste. It explores the use of milder manufacturing conditions resulting from the use of smarter organic synthetic techniques and the maintenance of atom efficiency that can temper the effects of chemical processes. By implementing these techniques means less waste, which will save industry millions of dollars over time.
· Chemical processes that provide products and materials essential to modern economies generate substantial quantities of wastes and emissions, this new book describes both the science (theory) and engineering (application) principles of Green Chemistry that lead to the generation of less waste
· This book contains expert advise from scientists around the world, encompassing developments in the field since 2000
· Aids manufacturers, scientists, managers, and engineers on how to implement ongoing changes in a vast developing field that is important to the environment and our lives
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