Circularity

An Essential Component of Sustainability in the 21st Century

AvWilliam M. Nelson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Circularity marks a paradigm shift from the traditional linear economy to the necessary circular economy. This volume captures the importance of circularity and its critical role in achieving global sustainability. A sustainable circular economy (SCE) is a model of production and consumption, which involves prolonging the lifecycle of existing materials and products as long as possible. SCE addresses global challenges by implementing three base principles: eliminating waste and pollution, circulating products and materials, and regenerating natural resources. Circular development builds a sustainable society through the conservation and use of environmental resources.Circular economy addresses global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution.Illustrates how a circular economy can be a way to mitigate society’s challenges, both in an environmental, but also economic and societal perspective.Describes how circular development becomes a model of economic, social, and environmental production and consumption that can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)Demonstrates that green sustainable chemistries can and should be leading contributors in discussion on environmental science and chemistry.Highlights new models, processes, applications and developments in circular economics and green chemistry, which demonstrates how sustainability is adapting in the new age.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-12-24
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Sustainability: Contributions through Science and Technology
Antal sidor:152
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032601564

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William M. Nelson is a Research Chemist at a Department of Intelligence facility in North Carolina. He received a B.S. in chemistry from University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1972, an MA in chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis in 1982, and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1989, during which time he studied the synthesis and photobiology of analogs of the environmental carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene. After that he did postdoctoral studies in photochemistry at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. After leading R&D for a small pharmaceutical company, he worked for the State of Illinois, helping companies minimize waste and prevent pollution. Since 1995 he has been involved with Green and Environmental Chemistries while working in the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Food and Drug Administration, and teaching at colleges and universities. During all this time he has also served as Supervisor, Branch Chief, and mentor to many aspiring scientists. The emphases in his research have been in organic reaction mechanisms, preparation of alternative cleaning technologies, green solvents, photocatalysis and synthesis of energetic compounds. He has jointly authored 2 patent applications and has published/presented more than 40 papers.

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Section I - Circularity as a moral imperative. Chapter 0 - Prologue – The path to Sustainability in a Circular Economy. Chapter 1 – Importance of Economics in Sustainable Circular Economy. Chapter 2 – From Circles to Sustainability. Chapter 3 - Inside the Drive to a Sustainable Circular Economy. Section II - Economic business strategy for a sustainable world. Chapter 4 - Doughnut Economics and the Sustainable Circular Economy. Chapter 5 - Sustainable circular bioeconomy. Chapter 6 – Transitioning to a Sustainable Circular Economy. Chapter 7 – Epilogue - Circular viability and electrons