Sustainability is all around us. As soon as a journal is opened you will at least find more than one article dealing with sustainability or bio-based materials. This development (if not used as green-washing) is the right way to go, because only with innovative solutions will the industry move forward.
LANXESS has recently established a Product Sustainability Monitor to evaluate its complete product portfolio under sustainability aspects. Moreover, we created the new brand SCOPEBLUE with products using higher amounts of sustainable resources compared to conventional products. A biocide, as a hazardous chemical, is normally added in a very low amount to a final product but has a substantial influence on its quality.
How does this impact sustainability?
Biocides and sustainability, is this a contradiction?
This lecture describes the need of biocides in a sustainable environment and introduces you to a holistic concept to improve product quality by general measures as well as our new product line Preventol +