Well-attended symposium on green chemistry for sustainable materials
Speakers and organisers during the Green Chemistry for Sustainable Materials event at the Ångström Laboratory. Photo: Peter Westman.
How can new methods and technologies in green chemistry contribute to reduced emissions, energy efficiency and the use of renewable resources? That was the theme of the Green Chemistry for Sustainable Materials symposium at the Ångström Laboratory the other day.
Tetyana BudnyakAssociate senior lecturer/Assistant Professor in Geohydrology,
“The aim is to create a platform for interactions and interdisciplinary collaboration. The event is dedicated to fostering a comprehensive dialogue on the critical role green chemistry plays in the future of material development,” said one of the chairs, Tetyana Budnyak, WISE Fellow and Assistant Professor/Associate Senior Lecturer in Geohydrology at the Department of Earth Sciences.
On Monday evening, the Nobel Symposium 198 Chemistry for Sustainability was held in Sigtuna, but before that, the Green Chemistry for Sustainable Materials satellite event was held at the Ångström Laboratory. Around a hundred spectators were treated to presentations by a number of internationally prominent researchers in chemistry, materials science and engineering.
One of the speakers was Paul Anastas, Director of the Centre for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale University and one of the founders of the concept of green chemistry. He argued that we need to move from being efficient to being effective.
“We've done things so wrong for so long, we've got nothing but opportunity”.
“Hot spots” in focus
Chemistry must be put into practice to really make a difference, continued Professor and chemist Peter Licence from the University of Nottingham. He concluded that global challenges will not be solved unless we deliver cleaner processes, smarter materials and better science today.
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