Promote the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry (and/or Green Engineering and/or Green Analytical Chemistry)

Category: Chemical Sciences

Level: Bronze

Author: Freese T.

The Impact: <p>Improvement of experiment and research design, increasing efficiency and reducing waste production, hazard and risk for humand and environment.</p>

Details

Green Chemistry aims to reduce or eliminate hazardous substances and minimise environmental impact by designing safer, more efficient chemical processes. The 12 Principles of Green Chemistry (and complementary Green Engineering, and/or Green Analytical Chemistry) provide checklists for researchers and chemical engineers to use when designing new materials, products, processes and systems.

This action encourages research groups to promote these principles, display them in the laboratory, and discuss how they can be applied in everyday work.

References

• Anastas, P. T.; Warner, J. C. Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press: New York, 1998. ,
• Designing for a green chemistry future ,
• 12 Principles of Green Engineering ,
• Green engineering: Defining the principles ,
• A New Approach to Sustainability: A Moore's Law for Chemistry ,
• 12 principles of green analytical chemistry

Resources

• American Chemical Society and the ACS Green Chemistry Institute ,
• Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC) ,
• NMR impurities of solvents and emerging green solvents ,
• Beyond Benign ,
• 12 Principles of Green Engineering ,
• Sandestin 9 Principles of Green Engineering ,
• 12 Principles of Green Chemistry ,
• DOZ Quantitative Green Chemistry Evaluator