articleGreen ChemistrySep 30, 2016Closed access

The E factor 25 years on: the rise of green chemistry and sustainability

RARoger A. Sheldon

University of the Witwatersrand · Molecular Sciences Institute · +1 more institution

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Abstract

The global impact of green chemistry and sustainability and the pivotal role of theEfactor concept, over the last twenty five years, is reviewed.

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Keywords
  • Sustainability
  • Chemistry
  • Green chemistry
  • Environmental chemistry
  • Organic chemistry
  • Ecology
  • Biology
  • Reaction mechanism
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