And, more importantly, what should one actually do to make chemistry “green” or “greener?” What follows is a collection of design principles that various individuals and groups have proposed over time ...

The 12 principles of green chemistry were established by Paul Anastas and John Warner 1 in 1998. These principles hold true for every industry and, if distilled into a similar framework such as ...

While a unified set of metrics has not been established, many ways to quantify greener processes and products have been proposed. These metrics include ones for mass, energy, hazardous substance ...

The collection is intended as a guide and accessible resource for the whole chemical community while helping authors to measure, compare, and describe the advantages and disadvantages of introducing ...

Colin Raston becomes the new chair of the editorial board. Professor Kenneth Seddon introduces the first special issue on ionic liquids in Green Chemistry. Publication rate increases to 12 issues per ...

Current green chemistry efforts at CU Boulder In many ways, CU Boulder is already a leader in green chemistry by implementing numerous actions in line with the principles of green chemistry including ...

Green chemistry emerged in the 1990s when research increasingly focused on the development of environmentally benign alternatives to hazardous chemical processes. This was prompted by a rising ...

This field seeks to minimize any negative environmental impact of nanotechnology (for instance the waste and toxic byproducts produced in the manufacture of certain nanomaterials) by applying the ...