Green Chemistry: It involves designing and development of green chemical products and processes which do not create pollution.
(i) Use of CNG has reduced air pollution in Delhi.
(ii) Development of a new method to produce ibuprofen in 99% yield avoiding the usage of large quantity of solvents and wastes associated with the traditional methods.
(iii) Using CO2 as blowing agent for manufacture of polystyrene foam sheet packaging material has eliminated the use of CFCs which cause ozone depletion.
(iv) Designing of a safer marine antifouling compound ‘Sea-nine’ that degrades far more rapidly than organizations which persists in the marine environment and cause pollution problems.
