Sustainability

Recycling plastics can be challenging with traditional methods, leading to developments in chemical plastic recycling technology.

Pocket-sized nuclear batteries are here. Discover their potential and limitations, from powering wearables to tackling radioactive waste.

Recycling semiconductors was once a far-off dream. However, new research and technology shows that this could become reality.

See how new innovations like biorefineries, waste repurposing, and materials are reshaping the future of sustainable fertilizers.

With the push towards increased sustainability, here are four ways coatings manufacturers are making use of renewable feedstock for their own products.

Learn how photocatalysis can produce clean hydrogen from water and solar energy and why it is crucial for decarbonization.

Catalysts and catalysis have transformed our world, from ancient times to modern sustainability. Learn about the latest research trends and innovations.

With consumers changing their diets for personal and health reasons, innovation to increase quality and variety creates a diverse and competitive market.

Catalysts have been enabling green chemistry with applications in many industries.

Microplastics have infiltrated our entire world, even down to the water we drink and food we eat. Researchers are looking at new ways to address them.

Graphene-based supercapacitor technologies are being levied for real-world applications as a battery alternative.

Learn five ways to reduce waste and use biodegradable materials to develop sustainable sterile packaging options for medical devices.

Microplastic pollution is a global problem due to their disruption of ecosystems and their ingestion by humans and animals.

Agriculture and fertilizers have a sustainability problem. Understand emerging trends around reducing this industry's carbon emissions.

Discover a new approach for direct recycling that could make it possible to repair and reuse depleted batteries at a lower cost.

Nuclear energy could play a part in solving climate change, but there are still hurdles and challenges that must be overcome.

Synthetic fertilizers ae valuable but leave a large carbon footprint. Sustainable fertilizers are an environmentally friendly alternative that is growing in interest.

We analyze the scientific and patent trends on sustainable fertilizers in the CAS Content Collection to help scientists use new, more environmentally friendly sources.

Hydrogen fuel technology is being examined for powering electricity, heating, and transportation.

educing, reusing, and recycling can improve fertilizer access, minimize environmental impact and dependence on finite resources, and lead to a circular bioeconomy.

Microplastics come from countless sources and have a large impact on the environment. Scientists are working hard to combat this growing problem.

Methods to push back against the wave of microplastics that are poisoning the environment are in full swing.

The WHO uncovered the scope of the microplastics problem. What can we do to correct this for future generations?

Learn more about the hidden greenhouse gas emissions of plants, a more sustainable approach to fertilizer production, and new approaches to make phosphorus more recyclable.

If you are producing fertilizers, phosphates, or any of our critical agricultural products, you know sustainability is a big challenge. Join us for the latest in phosphate recycling, sustainable ammonia production, and alternative fertilizer production.

Visual infographic of nuclear energy’s key benefits of an efficient fuel source, a low emissions option (compared to coal and natural gas) and new recycling efforts that minimize nuclear waste.

One approach that has gained momentum since the 1990s is green chemistry, a scientific field focused on "the invention, design, and application of chemical products and processes to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances.

Learn more about the scientific challenges, emerging technologies, and the financial and environmental implications for recycling lithium ion batteries.

With over 90% of the world’s plastics production requiring fossil fuels, bio-based polymers generated from renewable sources have substantial benefits over traditional plastics – from reducing CO2 emissions, increased biodegradability, and less dependence on fossil fuels. Learn more in our landscape

This article summarizes the results of an extensive recent analysis of carbon dioxide capture, including research trends, methods employed, and storage.

A literature search in the CAS Content Collection provides useful insights into recent and ongoing intensive research and development into green hydrogen.

Many technologies have been researched with an eye toward enabling a hydrogen economy.

Most synthetic polymers are derived from fossil fuel resources, whose scarcity and imbalanced global distribution can affect plastics producers. Bio-based polymers, obtained from renewable biomass resources, have received wide attention in the past two decades.

While human capabilities have only increased due to recent technological and medical advances, they have significantly contributed to the release of around 830 gigatons of CO2 into the atmosphere in just the last 30 years alone.

In the ongoing pursuit of greener energy sources, lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen fuel cells are two technologies that are in the middle of research boons and growing public interest. Read this blog to learn more about the promises and challenges of these technologies.

Learn more about carbon capture, storage, and reduction in our landscape view of this emerging research with unique insights.

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are commonly used in a variety of consumer products, including cellular phones, laptop computers, and more recently, electric and hybrid vehicles.

As the production and usage of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has increased exponentially, their manufacturing and disposal have become subjects of political and environmental concerns.

An overview of research on how microbial enzymes can break down plastics, which could otherwise take hundreds of years to degrade.

Brazil hosts 15-20% of Earth's biodiversity, yet much remains unexplored. Researchers struggle to search, screen, and compare chemical substances due to disorganized information.