Polymers are a class of materials that provide unparalleled benefits to humanity, fulfilling countless needs in an exceedingly broad range of applications. Because of their ubiquity and current ways of producing them, polymers also pose significant challenges to the environment. Inspired by a previous publication on sustainable polymer reaction engineering, an update is provided on the latest trends in the use of renewable starting materials for polymers, efforts in process intensification and water‐based polymerization, as well as approaches to dealing with the end of the polymers' application life. We seek to answer the question about how far along we are regarding the achievement of completely sustainable polymer processes.

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可持续的聚合物反应工程：我们到了吗？

聚合物是一类材料，可为人类带来无与伦比的益处，可在极其广泛的应用范围内满足无数的需求。由于其无处不在和当前的生产方式，聚合物还对环境构成了重大挑战。受先前关于可持续聚合物反应工程的出版物的启发，提供了有关使用可再生起始原料用于聚合物，工艺强化和水基聚合的努力以及应对最终反应的最新趋势的最新信息。聚合物的使用寿命。我们寻求回答关于实现完全可持续的聚合物工艺的进展情况的问题。