5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  Balancing analytical quality with environmental impact is crucial in sustainable sample preparation.

• 2

  Regulatory demands are the primary obstacle to adopting greener sample preparation methods.

• 3

  Current greenness assessment tools are functional but lack a unified standard for evaluating sustainability.

• 4

  Younger scientists are expected to drive the transition to sustainable methods as they take on leadership roles.

• 5

  Sample preparation has become efficient and green, but chromatography and mass spectrometry still lag behind.