Handbook of Advances in Sustainable Petrochemicals Processes Engineering

Download or read book Handbook of Advances in Sustainable Petrochemicals Processes Engineering written by Carl J. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For green chemistry, and innovations for sustainable development more generally, there is a need for greater public intervention, including regulatory regimes that are strictly enforced, investment in basic research and education to build human capacity, more outreach programs in collaboration with industry to aid with technology transfer and implementation, and economic incentives for firms that may have the desire but not the financial capacity to make use of these innovations. This handbook uses the case of green technology in the global chemical sector to better elucidate the challenges of implementation of innovations for sustainable development, to analyse which approaches have been effective, and to provide generalizable knowledge about the types of strategies required to move these technologies from niche applications into widespread use.