Green Chemistry : A Tool to Reducing Waste and Improving Sustainability In Chemical Industry

Abstract

Green Chemistry reflects the efforts of academia and industry to address the challenges related to sustainable development of the chemical industry and continuous progress is being made, both in academia and industry. Briefly, green chemistry is the utilization of a set of principles that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances.in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products. Many industries all over the world produce chemicals for their products that are harmful to the environment, human health and to all living species. Green Chemistry is the use of chemistry for the prevention of chemical pollution to the environment by using chemicals that are benign, or not harmful. Green Chemistry is often said to be a ‘Cradle to grave approach’. This approach describes the need to consider all factors in the production of a chemical from the source of raw materials, to the disposal/recycle of the product once its useful lifetime has ended. The basic principle of green chemistry is that it is better to prevent waste than to treat or clean up waste after it is formed.