Until now, much Green and Sustainable Chemistry has been focused on how chemicals are made.

Dealing with current and future global challenges, corporate social responsibility has become a key element for sustainable and responsible companies.

Actions on climate change (SDG 13), including in the food system, are crucial.

Activities in the food-energy-water nexus require ecosystem services to maintain productivity and prevent ecological degradation.

A policy and research agenda has emerged in recent years to understand the interconnected risks natural resource systems face and drive.

An ability to separate battery electrode materials while preserving functional integrity is essential to close the loop of material use in lithium-ion batteries.

There is a need to develop technology to enable a resource-efficient and economically feasible recycling system for lithium-ion batteries and thus assure the future supply of the component material

Waste Li foils in the spent experimental Li-coin-cells may bring the potential risk and the waste of Li-resource if they aren't reasonably treated in time.

The authors work at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) at the University of York and are all currently involved in the H2020-BBI-funded project ReSolve for the development of safer bio

Bruce H. Lipshutz is currently a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara.