Reaction: Circular Chemical Imaginaries

It is irrefutable that the material value chains of the modern economy need to become more circular to mitigate not only climate change but also biodiversity loss and pollution associated with increasing use of natural resources. Contributions to these impacts, known as the triple planetary crisis, occur at all stages of product value chains, from primary production to use stages and ineffective end-of-life treatment strategies. This is true for chemical products and compels academia and industry to rethink current knowledge and business development priorities, to focus instead on solutions and enablers for a circular chemical economy.