Chemical engineering plays a vital role in promoting a circular economy by developing sustainable and resource-efficient industrial systems. By applying principles like process optimization, material flow analysis, and waste minimization, engineers design processes that align with the circular economy's core tenets: reducing, reusing, and recycling. Chemical engineers advance recycling technologies that improve material recovery and make processes more cost-effective. For instance, methods like chemical depolymerization break down plastics into their original monomers, enabling reuse in new products. Chemical engineering for circular economy also involves the design of sustainable production processes using renewable feedstocks and reducing fossil fuel reliance. By applying green chemistry and renewable energy, they help industries adopt sustainable practices while meeting product demands. Another key aspect is developing sustainable supply chains, where waste from one process becomes a resource for another, minimizing waste generation. Ultimately, chemical engineering is central to closing the loop on industrial processes and fostering a circular economy.
Stanislaw Dzwigaj
Sorbonne University, France
Victor Cerda
University of the Balearic Island, Spain
Dai Yeun Jeong
Asia Climate Change Education Center and Jeju National University, Korea, Republic of
Vladislav Sadykov
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis and Novosibirsk State University, Russian Federation
Eva Faillace
University of Corsica, France
Eduardo Bernad
Aragon Hydrogen Foundation, Spain
Anastasia Eleni Eleana Kordouli
University of Patras, Greece
Title : Design of efficient and stable structured catalysts for biofuels transformation into syngas by using advanced technologies of nanocomposite active components synthesis, supporting on heat conducting substrates and sintering
Vladislav Sadykov, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis and Novosibirsk State University, Russian Federation
Title : Application of vanadium, tantalum and chromium single-site zeolites in heterogeneous catalysis
Stanislaw Dzwigaj, Sorbonne University, France
Title : Solar box recovery of mixed-wax candle fragments and their reuse on the island of Crete
Victor John Law, Technical University Dublin, Ireland
Title : Personalized and Precision Medicine (PPM) as a unique healthcare model through bi-odesign-inspired bio- and chemical engineering applications to secure the human healthcare and biosafety: Engineering of biocatalysts - from evolution to creation
Sergey Suchkov, N.D. Zelinskii Institute for Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
Title : Empowering a sustainable future by biomass conversion on single atom catalysis
Malayil Gopalan Sibi, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Title : Catalytic potential of biochar derived from heavy-metal-contaminated biomass
Enrico Paris, CREA-IT, Italy