Barriers to the implementation of green chemistry in the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 10892-10899

  Matus, Kira J M ^d   Clark, William C ^a   Anastas, Paul T ^b   Zimmerman, Julie B ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; GREEN CHEMISTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREEN MANURING; INNOVATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FINANCE; GOVERNMENT; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; INVENTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870024638     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3021777     Document Type: Article

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