Green and Sustainable Chemistry

Environmental & Green Chemistry

Environmental chemistry encompasses the study of chemicals and chemical processes within the air, water, and soil. Environmental chemistry is more than just water, air, soil, and chemicals. People in this field use math, biology, genetics, hydrology, engineering, toxicology.  Green Chemistry is nothing but use of chemistry techniques and methods that decrease to eliminate the use or generation of feedstock, solvents, reagents, by-products, etc., that are hazardous to human health or environment. Green Chemistry is an approach to the synthesis, processing and use of chemicals that reduces risk to human health and the environment. Environmentally benign solvents have been one of the important research areas of Green Chemistry with great advances seen in chemical reactions. New catalytic processes continue to develop to advance the goals of Green Chemistry, while techniques such as microwave and ultrasonic synthesis as well as in situ spectroscopic methods has been broadly used, leading to spectacular results.