title: Green chemistry: science and politics of change.
abstract: The chemical industry plays a key role in sustaining the world economy and underpinning future technologies, yet is under unprecedented pressure from the effects of globalization and change in many of its traditional markets. Against this background, what will be needed for the industry to embrace efforts to make it "greener"? We explore some of the issues raised by the development of "green chemistry" techniques and identify potential barriers to their implementation by industry.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. martyn.poliakoff@nottingham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Martyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poliakoff
authors.forename: J Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: Trevor R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Farren
authors.forename: Paul T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Anastas
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D002621:Chemistry / Q000379:methods; D017753:Ecosystem; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006256:Hazardous Waste / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007221:Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D011057:Politics; D012306:Risk; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D006256:Hazardous Waste; D007220:Industrial Waste; D012997:Solvents; D002245:Carbon Dioxide