Green and Sustainable Pharmacy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kümmerer, Klaus (Editor), Hempel, Maximilian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Pharmacy.; Environment.; Medicinal chemistry.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Sustainable development.; Environmental Management.; Medicinal Chemistry.; Sustainable Development.

Within recent years pharmaceuticals have come into focus as contaminants of the environment (see for example Kümmerer, K. editor: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment). At the same time the issue of sustainable chemistry gained momentum. Bringing both together would result in sustainable pharmacy. Sus...

Table of Contents:

• General Aspects
• Why Green and Sustainable Pharmacy?
• Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Moving from a Problem to a Solution
• Pharmaceuticals in Society
• Green(er) Pharmacy
• Creating a Sustainability Culture – A (Human Resources) Management Perspective for Sustainable Pharmacy
• Reducing the Ecological Footprint of Pharmaceutical Usage: Linkages Between Healthcare Practices and the Environment
• Development, Synthesis and Production and Distribution of Pharmaceuticals
• Ecopharmacostewardship – A Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective
• Protein and Peptide Therapeuticals: An Example of “Benign by Nature” Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
• Rational Design of Molecules by Life Cycle Engineering
• Use and Disposal of Pharmaceuticals
• Options for a More Environmentally Friendly Handling of Pharmaceuticals
• Disposal of Pharmaceutical Waste in Households – A European Survey
• Pharmaceutical Waste: The Patient Role
• Forecast of Pharmaceutical Consumption in the Netherlands Using Demographic Projections
• Emission Management
• Point Sources of Human Pharmaceuticals into the Aquatic Environment
• Pharmaceuticals for Human Use: An Integrated Strategy for Reducing the Contamination of Water Bodies
• Experiences with the Swedish Environmental Classification Scheme
• Incentives, Regulation and the Market
• European Regulations
• Regulation and the Market-Incentives
• Do Pharmaceuticals in the Environment Present an Investment Risk?
• Outlook
• Sustainable Health Products and Service Solutions in the Year 2050
• Summary and Outlook.