Chris Slootweg in Nature Chemistry: `Green Chemistry is an outdated concept´
(WorldNews Netherlands)

Slootweg is dissatisfied with the Green Chemistry concept that currently dictates sustainability thinking in the chemical industry. Presented exactly 20 years ago by two chemists from Yale and MIT, the twelve principles have become the proverbial `Ten Commandments` of responsible chemistry. `However`, Slootweg argues, `Green Chemistry represents `old thinking` since it optimises a linear production chain whereas future sustainable processes should be circular.` According to Slootweg, the concept of Circular Chemistry expands the scope of sustainability to the entire life cycle of chemical products. `We have to replace today`s linear, take-make-dispose approach with circular chemical...