1st Edition
Circularity An Essential Component of Sustainability in the 21st Century
Section I - Circularity as a moral imperative
Chapter 0 - Prologue – The path to Sustainability in a Circular Economy
Chapter 1 – Importance of Economics in Sustainable Circular Economy
Chapter 2 – From Circles to Sustainability
Chapter 3 - Inside the Drive to a Sustainable Circular Economy
Section II - Economic business strategy for a sustainable world
Chapter 4 - Doughnut Economics and the Sustainable Circular Economy
Chapter 5 - Sustainable circular bioeconomy
Chapter 6 – Transitioning to a Sustainable Circular Economy
Chapter 7 – Epilogue - Circular viability and electrons
Biography
William M. Nelson is a Research Chemist at a Department of Intelligence facility in North Carolina. He received a B.S. in chemistry from University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1972, an MA in chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis in 1982, and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1989, during which time he studied the synthesis and photobiology of analogs of the environmental carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene. After that he did postdoctoral studies in photochemistry at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. After leading R&D for a small pharmaceutical company, he worked for the State of Illinois, helping companies minimize waste and prevent pollution. Since 1995 he has been involved with Green and Environmental Chemistries while working in the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Food and Drug Administration, and teaching at colleges and universities. During all this time he has also served as Supervisor, Branch Chief, and mentor to many aspiring scientists. The emphases in his research have been in organic reaction mechanisms, preparation of alternative cleaning technologies, green solvents, photocatalysis and synthesis of energetic compounds. He has jointly authored 2 patent applications and has published/presented more than 40 papers.
