{"id":11373,"key":"Green_chemistry","title":"Green chemistry","latest":{"id":1207699,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T22:43:27Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{Project data\n| links = http://www.nsf.gov/policies/reuse.jsp\n}}\n\n'''Green chemistry''' , also known as sustainable chemistry, refers to environmentally friendly chemicals and processes that result in: reduced waste, eliminating costly end-of-the-pipe treatments; safer products; and reduced use of energy and resources—all improving the competitiveness of chemical manufacturers and their customers.\n\nIt includes:\n\n* Design of alternative synthetic pathways for new or existing chemicals which do not utilize toxic reagents or solvents or do not produce toxic by-products or co-products.\n* Design or redesign of useful chemicals and materials such that they are less toxic to health and the environment or safer with regard to accident potential.\n\nAppropriate areas of investigation{{Expansion needed}} include: chemical synthesis and catalysis; analysis and detection; separation processes; and reaction mechanisms.\n\nExamples include:\n\n* Use of innovative methods such as catalysis and biocatalysis; photochemistry or biomimetic synthesis; and use of alternative starting\n\nmaterials which are innocuous or renewable.\n\n* Use of creative reaction conditions, such as using solvents which have a reduced impact on health and the environment or increasing reaction selectivity thus reducing wastes and emissions.\n\nNote on available content.<ref>Note there is a lot more on the above [https://web.archive.org/web/20170218032447/https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/stis1996/nsf9645/nsf9645.txt source page] that might be useful. Or use [[APDS]] to find more, or [http://search.nsf.gov/search?access=p&output=xml_no_dtd&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&ie=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&client=NSF&oe=UTF-8&proxystylesheet=NSF2&site=NSF&q=green-chemistry search just NSF].</ref>\n\n== Notes ==\n\n<references />\n\n== External links ==\n\n* [[Wikipedia:Green chemistry]]\n* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170613113907/https://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/chemistry/chem_q05.jsp Green chemistry at NSF] (note this is a [https://www.nsf.gov/policies/reuse.jsp public domain site], except where noted, so the content can be ported here.)\n\n== References ==\n\nU.S EPA [https://web.archive.org/web/20130520081604/http://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/index.html]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| keywords = Green chemistry, Chemistry, Biotech\n| sdg = SDG17 Partnerships for the goals, SDG12 Responsible consumption and production\n| ported-from = http://web.archive.org/web/20170218032447/https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/stis1996/nsf9645/nsf9645.txt\n| organizations = NSF/EPA Partnership for Environmental Research, Program Guideline\n}}\n\n[[Category:Green chemistry]]\n[[Category:Chemistry]]\n[[Category:Biotech]]"}