Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. CONTENIDO: Introduction / James H. Clark -- Principles of Sustainable and Green Chemistry / Mike Lancaster -- Chemistry and the Environment / John V. Holder -- Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development / Thomas E. Graedel -- Life-cycle Assessment: a Tool for Identification of More Sustainable Products and Processes / Adisa Azapagic -- Industrial Processes using Solid Acid Catalysts / Mark A. Harmer -- Micelle-templated Silicas as Catalysts in Green Chemistry / Duncan Macquarrie -- Polymer-supported Reagents / Georges Gelbard -- Biocatalysis / Herbert L. Holland -- Recent Advances in Phase-transfer Catalysis / Yoel Sasson, Gadi Rothenberg -- Hydrogen Peroxide in Waste Minimisation - Current and Potential Contributions / William R. Sanderson -- Waste Minimisation in Pharmaceutical Process Development: Principles, Practice and Challenges / Tony Y. Zhang -- Green Catalysts for Industry / Keith Martin -- Green Chemistry in Practice / Joseph J. Bozell -- Process Intensification for Green Chemistry / Roshan Jachuck -- Sonochemistry / Timothy J. Mason, P. Cintas -- Applications of Microwaves for Environmentally Benign Organic Chemistry / Christopher R. Strauss -- Photochemistry / Ian R. Dunkin -- Electrochemistry and Sustainability / K. Scott -- Fuel Cells: a Clean Energy Technology for the Future / Brian Grievson -- Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as an Environmentally Benign Reaction Medium for Chemical Synthesis / Nathalie Tanchoux, Walter Leitner -- Chemistry in Fluorous Biphasic Systems / Jozsef Rabai, Zoltan Szlavik, Istvan T. Horvath -- Extraction of Natural Products with Superheated Water / A. A. Clifford.