Earth Day 2026: Sustainable Solvent Choices

Author(s)Elia Psillakis, Alasdair Matheson

Elia Psillakis challenges the assumption that bio-based solvents are always greener, urging labs to adopt evidence based choices over simple origin claims.

LCGC International spoke to Elia Psillakis of the Technical University of Crete about GreenSOL, the first solvent selection guide developed specifically for analytical chemistry, and what it reveals about the often‑hidden environmental trade‑offs embedded in everyday laboratory practice.^1,2