Implementation of Green Chemistry Principles in Circular Economy System

towards Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Perspective

Tse-Lun Chen et al., Science of the Total Environment, 2020

Nguyen Luong Chinh – Lecturer: PhD. Le Van Tuan

This presentation will provide you with…
1. Definition of Circular Economy and the relevance of SDGs
2. Innovative strategies and integrated management of GCP towards the Circular Economy
The promising concept of PAS
3. Directions of GCP-integrated models toward the Circular Economy
4. Comprehensive review of GCP practices in some countries

Abbreviations
CE: Circular Economy
GCP: Green Chemistry Principles
PAS: Prevention, Assurance, Sustainability
SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals

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CIRCULAR ECONOMY

USE

Take Make Dispose

Linear Economy

- CE is a new concept to improve the resource and energy efficiency Nothing goes to landfills
Closing loops of renewable materials + Better utilization of waste materials

- CE provides the opportunity to rethink how we make and use the things we
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need and allows us to explore new ways of ensuring long-term prosperity.
 SDGs

It also requires:
- Changes in product design and business models to
- Generate more durable products that
- Be designed for disassembly and remanufacture or refurbishment

Scale up CE level  bio-based economy

 using green chemistry approaches (e.g., bio-based plastic, polymers) 3
 12 GREEN CHEMISTRY PRINCIPLES

1 2 3 4 5 6
Less Hazardous Design for
Waste Atom Design Safer Safer Solvent
Chemical Energy
Prevention Economy Synthesis Chemicals & Auxiliaries Efficiency

7 8 9 10 11 12
Inherently Safer
Real time Chemistry for
Renewable Reduce Design for
Catalysis analysis of Accident
Feed Stock Derivative Degradation pollutants Prevention

Increase the understanding of policy implementation + Public awareness for GCP  PAS concept 4
 The concept of PAS
Prevention – Assurance - Sustainability

• Developed by Tse-Lun Chen et al (2020)

• Main focus on
- Designing safer chemicals
- Utilizing renewable feedstock
- Increasing energy efficiency
• 03 round structures and cross-sections
• Better understanding of the GCP

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 POLLUTION & ACCIDENT
PREVENTION

• To measure the content waste

discharged from chemistry
process (E-factor)
• GCP #1: main criteria in GCP
• The greener and cleaner process
can ensure the safer workplace,
(low occurrence rate)
• Greener degradation & suitable
auxiliaries  waste reduction

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 SAFETY & SECURITY
ASSURANCE

• Challenge in both minimizing

the toxicity & maintaining the
efficacy, it requires:
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 better technologies
 enhance toxicity test
 financial benefits
 lower environmental impacts
• The real-time monitoring
system for analysis process is
vital
• The engineering control could
eliminate unwanted chemical
substances (GCP #12) 7
 ENERGY & RESOURCE
SUSTAINABILITY

• Target: minimize the energy

consumption + maximize the
energy intensity. Ex:
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Waste-energy stream  cooling
heating, and work
• CGP #7: higher energy efficiency
with lower E-impact (biodiesel)
• GCP #2: elucidate the efficicency
of a chemical reaction
• GCP #9: alternative pathway for
lower energy transition and
activation barriers 8
GCP-INTEGRATED MODELS
TOWARDS THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

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Establishment of
Cross-departmental
Collaboration
• Development of green chemistry
requires:
- Effective governmental
- Supportive policies, frameworks
 Cross-departmental collaboration
• It is vital to deploy strong policy
incentives & a clear regulatory
framework
 Clarify the responsibility
attribution to GCP implementation
(individual authority)

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Development of
Cleaner Production &
Green Products

The integration of green chemistry and cleaner

production results from the innovative
engineering design of scalable processes,
products, and systems.
Green Engineering Principles (GEP) provide a
useful tool to optimize the entire process from
molecular to system level
The priority research direction could focus on
policy measures, marketing strategies, functional
design, purchase-behavior, and Integrated
Chemical Management System (ICMS)…
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Provision of an Integrated Chemistry Management System (ICMS)

• ICMS = cross-disciplinary
coordinated framework
• To assess the content of
material flow, life cycle,
cooperation performance…
• Ex: PDCA framework
Plan-Do-Check-Action
 Identify the defect of
regulations on prevention &
leakages in different sectors
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Comprehensive review of GCP practices in some countries

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Comprehensive review of GCP practices in some countries

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CONCLUSION
• CE plays a key role in sustainable
development goals
• The CE concept can be integrated
to effectively achieve practical
GCP in industries
• The structure of PAS is linked to
CE in the entire life cycle
• To achieve an effective pathway of
GCP practices towards CE, 05
strategies of priority governance
direction should be followed.

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THANKS FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION