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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental catalysis; green chemistry; biomass conversion and valorisation; sampling and catalytic degradation of environmental pollutants
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Interests: sustainable development; green chemistry; life cycle assessment (LCA); bio-based industry and products; ISO certification and labelling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue on “Green Chemistry and Engineering for a Benign by Design Society” will present a collection of original research papers, reviews, short communications, and commentaries reflecting the state-of-the-art and future applications in the Green Chemistry and Green Engineering field with particular emphasis on the adoption of green chemistry and engineering principles able to promote the development of a better society based on the pillars of peace, wellness, and equity. Recently, an increasing amount of interest from academia, industry, and policy has been devoted to the application of the 12 Principles of the Green Chemistry and Green Engineering (GC&GE) to pursue SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and favour a Green New Deal in the European Union. These important actions, driven by chemistry and engineering, are based on the fundamental idea of guiding political decisions toward more environmentally friendly choices.
Submissions are especially welcome on (but not limited to) the following topics:
- Adoption of GC&GE principles at both laboratory and industrial scale. Daily-life case studies of the application of GC&GE principles.
- Combinations of various life cycle perspective analysis tools (LCA, LCC, S-LCA, etc.) with experimental studies in GC&GE.
- Achievement of SDGs through chemistry and engineering.
- Sustainability of the entire supply chain by also including mineral availability/criticality and acquirement of resources from no-conflict zones.
- GC&GE principles driving the circular economy in several areas of business.
- GC&GE actions to favour a Green New Deal based on the sustainable use of resources, zero emissions, and the circular economy.
Manuscripts concerning the application of a life cycle perspective aimed at assessing the sustainability of innovative processes/methodologies/practices with particular emphasis on social impact and wellness are strongly encouraged.
Dr. Raffaele Cucciniello
Dr. Daniele Cespi
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- green chemistry and green engineering principles
- life cycle perspective
- SDGs
- Green New Deal
- wastes to value-added products
- environmental and sustainable catalysis
- circular economy
- biomass valorisation and bio-based industry