Green chemistry pioneers aim to change world
25 July 2023
By Ellen Phiddian
The earth is currently plagued by a number of very vexing molecules: carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere, plastic polymers in the oceans, and hydrocarbons in our energy systems, to name a few.
Is there a unifying solution to all of this? Well, no, but for Dr John Warner and Professor Paul Anastas, pioneers of “green chemistry”, there is a way to make the right molecules in the first place.
So profound has this simple proposition been that it’s taken them from US universities to the White House, and from start-up companies to not-for-profits that are changing entire curricula. They were popular guests at the First Australian Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, held in Cairns.
Warner and Anastas have spent much of the past three decades encouraging chemists to design products that avoid negative effects on the environment.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/chemistry/green-chemistry-warner-anastas/
