Sustainability in the Chemical Industry Grand Challenges And Research Needs -- a Workshop Book

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.National Research Council of the National Academies is the author of 'Sustainability in the Chemical Industry Grand Challenges And Research Needs -- a Workshop Book', published 2005 under ISBN 9780309095716 and ISBN 0309095719.