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ClearFirst Steps Toward Sustainable Circular Uses of Chemicals: Advancing the Assessment and Management Paradigm
This article advances a framework for sustainable circular use of chemicals, proposing updated assessment and management approaches to reduce chemical hazards while enabling circularity in industrial and consumer product systems.
Method to incorporate green chemistry principles in early-stage product design for sustainability: case studies with personal care products
Researchers developed a method integrating green chemistry principles with ecological risk assessment and life cycle assessment to guide sustainable early-stage product design for down-the-drain consumer products such as personal care items, demonstrating the approach through case studies.
Substances of Concern in Ecodesign and Other EU Law
This review examines the concept of 'substances of concern' as introduced by the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), which came into force in July 2024, explaining how this dynamic definition based on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability creates a new layer of chemical management requirements for product designers. The authors analyze how this framework interacts with other EU chemical regulations to advance environmental sustainability goals.
Circular Product Practices for a Post-Plastic Transition
This study examines how designers can support a post-plastic transition by identifying circular product practices, combining design theory with practical action frameworks to define the competencies and strategies needed for responsible polymeric material use within circular economy models.
A critical review on sustainable hazardous waste management strategies: a step towards a circular economy
Researchers review global strategies for managing hazardous industrial and household waste — including chemicals, heavy metals, and electronic waste — with a focus on aligning disposal practices with circular economy principles that minimize environmental and health harm. The review finds that prevention, recycling, and advanced treatment technologies must work together, guided by stronger international policy frameworks.
Safe by Design for Nanomaterials—Late Lessons from Early Warnings for Sustainable Innovation
This review examines the 'Safe by Design' framework for nanomaterials, arguing that early evaluation of potential toxicity risks during the innovation process — drawing on lessons from past environmental warnings — is essential for sustainable advanced material development.
Resource conservation by means of lightweight design and design for circularity—A concept for decision making in the early phase of product development
This paper developed a decision-making framework to identify synergies and conflicts between lightweight design and design for circularity in product development, helping manufacturers navigate trade-offs in resource conservation.
Chemicals management approach to sustainable development of materials
This review examines how chemicals management approaches must evolve for sustainable materials development, arguing that planetary boundaries and path-dependent industrial trajectories require rethinking how chemicals including plastics are produced and regulated.
Regenerative Product Design: a Literature Review in an Emerging Field
This literature review examines the emerging field of regenerative product design, exploring how materials and systems can be designed to repair, recreate, or revitalize their own resources at local, regional, and global scales. The authors analyze how regenerative principles differ from sustainability and circular economy frameworks and what they mean for material selection, user behavior, and product interaction.
Eco-Design of Polymer Matrix Composite Parts: A Review
This review examines eco-design principles applied to polymer matrix composite parts, covering the environmental impacts of composites across their lifecycle from design and manufacturing through to recycling and end-of-life. The review emphasizes sustainable approaches including waste minimization, recyclability, and the use of bio-based or recycled materials.
Release Assessment Methodology for Safe Sustainable and Recyclable by-Design Practices for Plastics: The Epoxy-Resin Composite Case Study
Researchers developed a release assessment methodology for epoxy resin composites to evaluate whether they meet safe and sustainable by-design criteria across their lifecycle. The framework tested for chemical release during manufacturing, use, and end-of-life, providing a standardized approach to green plastic design.
The Critical Importance of Adopting Whole-of-Life Strategies for Polymers and Plastics
This review argues that plastics must be managed across their entire life cycle—from design to disposal—to address the growing crisis of microplastic pollution. The authors call for replacing the current 'disposable' mindset with strategies that prioritize durability, recyclability, and eventually biodegradability.
Navigating the Crossroads
This book chapter reviewed regulatory frameworks for industrial chemicals (REACH, TSCA, GHS) that govern adhesives, inks, cosmetics, agrochemicals, flame retardants, and other industrial outputs, addressing their human health and environmental risks. It provides context on how plastics and associated chemicals fit within broader chemical regulation.
Characterisation and analysis of key studies used to restrict substances under REACH
Researchers analyzed key studies cited in REACH (European chemicals regulation) substance restriction dossiers, evaluating how well the selected studies reflect the full evidence base for regulated contaminants. The analysis found that dossiers sometimes relied on a narrow subset of available studies, with implications for the robustness of regulatory decisions.
Implementing the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability: The case of food contact chemicals of concern
Researchers analyzed food contact chemicals that would be classified as chemicals of concern under the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, identifying over 300 substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic, endocrine-disrupting, or persistent and bioaccumulative. Many of these chemicals are currently authorized for use in food packaging despite their hazardous properties. The study suggests that full implementation of the EU strategy could significantly reduce human exposure to harmful chemicals migrating from food contact materials.
Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design Framework: (Re-)Designing the Advanced Materials Lifecycle
This paper proposed a Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) framework for redesigning advanced materials — including plastics and nanomaterials — to minimize hazards and environmental impacts from the earliest design stage. The framework integrates safety, environmental, and circularity criteria into materials development.
Research on Application of Environmental Protection Concept in Modern Product Design
This paper explores how principles of environmental sustainability are being integrated into modern product design, examining how green design concepts can reduce ecological impact while meeting consumer needs. The analysis calls for applying low-carbon, circular economy values throughout the product development process.
Data Requirements for Implementing the “Essential-Use” Concept in Chemical Legislation
Researchers analyzed how the essential-use concept could be implemented in chemical legislation by examining existing cases under the Stockholm Convention and the EU REACH Regulation, including the restriction on intentionally added microplastics. The study suggests that current regulatory frameworks already consider elements of essential-use decision-making and that no drastic changes to data requirements would be necessary to apply this concept.
Prevalence and Impact of Emerging Chemical Contaminants in the Life Style Products on Human Health
This review examines emerging chemical contaminants found in everyday consumer products, including plasticizers, flame retardants, and microplastics, assessing their prevalence and potential health risks from chronic low-level exposure.
Design framework for circular and sustainable packaging design
Researchers developed a novel packaging design framework integrating circularity and sustainability (C&S) criteria using literature review, expert brainstorming, and field visits. The framework addresses conflicts between sustainability and functional requirements and provides practical iterative strategies for packaging designers.
A comprehensive critical review of Life Cycle Assessment applied to thermoplastic polymers for mechanical and electronic engineering
This review provides the first critical analysis of how life cycle assessment methodology has been applied to technical thermoplastic polymers used in mechanical and electronic engineering. Researchers identified gaps in existing studies and highlighted the formation of microplastics during production, use, and disposal as a critical but often overlooked environmental concern. The study offers practical recommendations for improving future environmental assessments of engineering plastics.
Lehren aus dem Gruppieren von Chemikalien zur Bewertung der Risiken für die Gesundheit des Menschen
This review presents case studies and ten guiding principles for chemical grouping strategies used in human health risk assessment under EU REACH and US TSCA frameworks, arguing that structural similarity alone is insufficient for reliable grouping and that transparent criteria, toxicological similarity, and clearly defined group boundaries are essential for regulatory decision-making.
Minimizing the environmental impacts of plastic through eco-design
Researchers developed a sustainability metric for eco-designing plastic products with low environmental persistence by integrating the environmental degradation rate of plastics into established material selection frameworks. The approach allows designers to compare materials on both functional performance and environmental persistence using material property indices.
Curbing the Environmental Implications of Emerging Nano-Pollutants: Current Developments in Preventing Environmental Exposure Potential and Adverse Effects
This paper proposed two strategies for reducing the environmental exposure potential and adverse effects of engineered nanomaterials from nano-enabled products: a safer-and-sustainable-by-design (SSbD) approach during product development, and coordinated international policy development to regulate nanomaterial releases across product lifecycles.