Resources, Sustainability, Circular Economy, Sustainable Development, and?

There is no doubt that resources, sustainability, circular economy and related topics continue to gain increasing importance and have a major role to play in tackling the challenges facing planet earth. However, after the publication of numerous scientific papers in journals on sustainability and related topics as well as other scientific journals, what is the status now? The presentation will highlight the activities within chemical and biochemical engineering related to sustainability and associated topics in the immediate past, the present and what should be in future.