Question

What do you mean by green chemistry? How will it help decrease environmental pollution?

Answer 1

Green chemistry is a production process that aims at using the existing knowledge and principles of chemistry for developing and implementing chemical products and processes to reduce the use and generation of substances hazardous to the environment.

The philosophy of encouraging the design of products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry seeks to reduce and prevent pollution at its source and can, therefore, play a major role in decreasing the environmental pollution.