Green Chemistry Anastas and Warner

The 12 principles of green chemistry (Anastas and Warner, 1998) are as follows ... 

Anastas PT, Warner JC (1998) Green Chemistry Theory and Practice. Oxford University Press, New York, p 30... 

Zero emission plants, environmentally benign or green chemistry, and sustainable development have become the catch phrases of the 1990s (Anastas and Farris, 1994 Anastas and Warner, 1998 Anastas and Williamson, 1998 Clark, 1995). Consequently, traditional concepts of process efficiency are changing from an exclusive focus on chemical yields to one that assigns economic value to eliminating waste and avoiding the use of toxic and/or... 

A common definition of green chemistry, which clearly encompasses considerable chemical engineering as well, is the design, development and implementation of chemical processes and products to reduce or eliminate substances hazardous to human health and the environment, (P. T. Anastas and J. Warner, Green Chemistry Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998). A more recent article expands this definition to twelve principles (M. Poliakoff, J. M. Fitzpatrick, T.R. Farren and P.T. Anastas, Science, 297, 807-810 (2002). 

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