Chemistry is helping us to live more sustainably with increasing pressures on food, water and other scarce natural resources.
News Stories
Silver soils
Nanosilver is filtering into the environment in ever-increasing quantities. But is it the nano or the silver component we should be worrying about, asks Hayley Birch
Keeping the tap on
James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth
Treating hospital wastewater
07 February 2012
Bioreactors could be part of the solution to the problem of drugs entering the water supply
A shade of green
Major retailers are starting to consider the environmental impact of the fabric dyeing and finishing processes used by their manufacturers. Fiona Case reports
Resource Efficiency Policy Activities
A Sustainable Global Society
How Can Materials Chemistry Help? A white paper from the Chemical Sciences and Society Summit (CS3) 2010
Resource Efficiency Policy Activities
A list of RSC policy documents and reports relevant to the Resource Efficiency roadmap area
Conferences & Events
Where there's Muck there's Brass!!: Reclamation of Chemical SItes
Chemistry Centre,
Burlington House,
London,
United Kingdom
23 March 2012 10:30 17:30
Divisions in Focus
Promotes the study and dissemination of all aspects of inorganic chemistry concerned with the chemistry of the elements and their compounds.
The Materials Chemistry Division (MCD) was born in 1993 at the first International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC1) in Aberdeen.
Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division
ESED is open to all members of the RSC as a society wide grouping to represent environmental and related activities.
Meetings and workshops
'Future Cities' Policy Lecture
16 March 2012, Chemistry Centre, London. View the lecture on The Reaction
Energy, Waste & Resources – three sides of the same coin ?
Royal Society of Chemistry,
The Science Room,
Burlington House,
London,
United Kingdom
14 March 2012 12:00 17:30
Networking
Conservation of scarce natural resources
Join the group on MyRSC and participate in the discussion [External Site]
Materials Knowledge Transfer Network
Materials KTN helps with innovative ideas by connecting people with research providers, information sources and providers of research funding [External Site]
Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network
A Knowledge Transfer network at the forefront of the chemistry-using industries [External Site]
Public Activities
Periodic Table of Elements Home
Discover a wealth of periodic table resources from the RSC, periodic table videos, news, games, podcasts and gifts.
Our Children on Water - European exhibition of international art
A touring art exhibition visiting cities across Europe.
The Global Experiment
An engaging way for students to participate in International Year of Chemistry [External Site]
Prizes and Awards
Sustainable Water Award
For the contributions of chemical science to sustainable water
Green Chemistry Award
For the design, development or implementation of novel chemical products or processes with the potential to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances
Gibson-Fawcett Award
To recognise original and independent contributions to Materials Chemistry
Books
Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World
Copyright: 2010John Emsley
This lay person's guide explains the roles of chemistry in areas of life ranging from the entirely personal to the global.
Sustainable Water
Copyright: 2010R E Hester
In this book, a group of experts contribute articles covering a wide range of topics relevant to sustainable water.
Resource Efficiency Funding
£4.5 Million Competition Fund for R&D Projects to Develop Resource Efficient Products and Processes
Supporting the development of products with reduced environmental impact or that are less dependent on the use of strategic materials [External Site]
Journals
Green Chemistry
The home of cutting-edge research on the development of alternative sustainable technologies
