Material circularity and the role of the chemical sciences as a key enabler of a sustainable post-trash age

Stephen A. Matlin; Goverdhan Mehta; Henning Hopf; Alain Krief; Lisa Keßler; Klaus Kümmerer

doi:10.1016/j.scp.2020.100312

Material circularity and the role of the chemical sciences as a key enabler of a sustainable post-trash age

Stephen A. Matlin^*
, Goverdhan Mehta
, Henning Hopf
, Alain Krief
, Lisa Keßler
, Klaus Kümmerer

^*Corresponding author for this work

Professorship of Sustainable Chemistry and Material Resources

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Abstract

Approaching material circularity through minimising waste is an essential component of strategies to secure sustainability of the planetary environment. Elaborations of the 3R waste hierarchy (reduce, reuse, recycle), including circular economy, ‘zero waste’ and zero discharge movements, signpost pathways towards overcoming the challenge. Potential technical solutions require major inputs from the chemical sciences, in strong cooperation with others, to deliver the material basis of sustainability. This must address not only the question of limited resources, but also the totality of consequences connected to massive material and product flows. Three examples, involving aluminium, plastics and textiles, explored using the systems-oriented concept map extension (SOCME) tool, illustrate the complexity of problems and need for integration of chemistry-based solutions into achieving a post-trash approach to sustainability.

Original language	English
Article number	100312
Journal	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy
Volume	17
Number of pages	11
ISSN	2352-5541
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2020.100312
Publication status	Published - 01.09.2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Research areas and keywords

Chemistry
Material circularity
Textiles
Waste
Systems-oriented concept map extension (SOCME)

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Pharmaceutical Science
Pollution
Environmental Chemistry
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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PoST: Processes of Sustainability Transformation (Promotionskolleg)
Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Coordination), Fischer, D. (Partner), Halberstadt, J. (Partner), Schaltegger, S. (Partner), Leventon, J. (Partner), Heinrichs, H. (Partner), Lang, D. J. (Partner), Wiek, A. (Partner), Kümmerer, K. (Partner), von Wehrden, H. (Partner), Vilsmaier, U. (Partner), Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G. (Project staff), Pöggel, K. (Project staff), Hübel, C. (Project staff), Buhr, M. (Project staff), Beyers, F. (Project staff), Laudan, J. (Project staff), Albrecht, S. (Project staff), Weber, H. (Project staff), Rathgens, J. (Project staff), Keβler, L. (Project staff), Hilser, S. (Project staff) & Juarez Bourke, S. (Project staff)
Robert Bosch Stiftung
08.12.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Research

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