Polymer industries are fundamental to modern production and daily life, playing a key role in the current economies. However, over the last decades, this sector has grown significantly, producing an increase in resource consumption and environmental impacts. It is also heavily dependant on petroleum-based monomers and polymers that are not designed for degradation or recycling, directly contributing to waste accumulation and greenhouse gas emissions. Including circular economy strategies and bio-based feedstocks into the industrial material flows, the waste and green gas emission are...

For a green chemistry technology to achieve sustainability goals, it must manifest in the real world. It must have excellent performance and appropriate cost. This session will feature companies that range from early-stage pre-seed entities to multinational brand name corporations. Case studies and “lessons learned” form both the technical side and the business side will be explored. People starting their careers as entrepreneurs, seasoned industrial veterans, and people interested in learning about the innovation cycle around sustainability and the circular economy will find...

This symposium explores how green chemistry can drive a circular bioeconomy by transforming food system residues and renewable biomaterials into high-value, low-impact products. Food waste and byproducts, rich in proteins, fibers, lipids, minerals, and bioactive compounds, are leveraged as strategic feedstocks rather than discarded as waste. Simultaneously, industry faces rising regulatory pressures, environmental challenges, and growing consumer demand for safe, sustainable, and high-performing products. By combining these perspectives, this session presents a compelling, scalable vision...

Industries across pharmaceuticals, aerospace, automotive, electronics, construction, and chemicals face converging pressures from regulatory phase-outs (e.g., PFAS, REACH, TSCA), volatile supply chains, and rising sustainability expectations. This half-day session places circular chemistry at the technical core: molecule- and route-level design choices (synthesis routes, formulations, de-polymerizable chemistries, benign solvents) that determine sustainable product performance, recyclability, persistence, and toxicity. . This session will integrate chemistry and process innovations,...