Universidad San Jorge, Villanueva de Gállego, 50830, Zaragoza, Spain.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020 Feb;27(6):6215-6227. doi: 10.1007/s11356-019-07177-5. Epub 2019 Dec 21.
The main goal of this research is to evaluate the contributions of Green Chemistry as a potential tool to drive the transition to circularity. For this, we have carried out a bibliographic study, analyzing those documents, process, or experiences that dealt jointly with the Green Chemistry aspects related to circularity such circular economy, industrial ecology, and closed loop. Findings show that few authors have treated that disciplines together in the last 10 years. Based on an analysis of academic literature, common strategies (design, raw materials, life cycle assessment, processes, normative, new business, and collaboration), specific experiences (catalyst, biobased products or methods, recycling, and reusing), and difficulties to overcome (metrics, transdisciplinary research, unawareness, and competitiveness) have been identified. Finally, different kind of measures, as behind such joint metrics, informal open spaces, closer the industry, education, standards and label are proposed to facilitate the development of Green Chemistry, circular economy, industrial ecology, and closed loop with the ultimate goal of improving sustainable development.From the evidences found, we finally conclude that it is possible to use Green Chemistry and its principles as a tool to drive the transition to circularity, being the development of open spaces for exchange information between different actors from academia, governments and regulatory actors, business and industrial sectors, with the aim of promoting disruptive advances in sustainability.
本研究的主要目的是评估绿色化学作为推动向循环性转变的潜在工具的贡献。为此，我们进行了文献研究，分析了那些共同涉及与循环性相关的绿色化学方面的文件、流程或经验，例如循环经济、工业生态学和闭环。研究结果表明，在过去 10 年中，很少有作者将这些学科一起处理。基于对学术文献的分析，确定了常见的策略（设计、原材料、生命周期评估、流程、规范、新业务和合作）、具体的经验（催化剂、生物基产品或方法、回收和再利用）以及需要克服的困难（指标、跨学科研究、意识不足和竞争力）。最后，提出了不同类型的措施，例如共同指标、非正式开放空间、更紧密的行业、教育、标准和标签背后的措施，以促进绿色化学、循环经济、工业生态学和闭环的发展，最终目标是改善可持续发展。从发现的证据中，我们最终得出结论，使用绿色化学及其原则作为推动向循环性转变的工具是可行的，这是为学术界、政府和监管机构、商业和工业部门等不同利益相关者之间的信息交流开辟开放空间，旨在推动可持续性的突破性进展。
