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Integrating industrial sectors in the transition to more sustainable chemicals

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Transitioning to more sustainable chemicals will require the challenging replacement of fossil resources with renewable carbon and energy sources in their production. Now, integrating industrial sectors offers an interim solution to mitigate emissions in the chemical industry until technologies for closing the carbon loop can be deployed at scale.

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Fig. 1: Today’s fossil-based chemical industry, mitigation strategy based on integrating industrial sectors, and pathways toward closed carbon-loop chemicals.

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez & Lucas Francisco dos Santos

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Guillén-Gosálbez, G., Francisco dos Santos, L. Integrating industrial sectors in the transition to more sustainable chemicals. Nat Chem Eng 1, 336–337 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44286-024-00067-9

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