Green Chemistry Trends in Industry

The findings in Table 2.3 and the conclusions of the patent survey bear out most of the arguments and observations made by Tucker. The authors made the following points  

Summary of Green Chemistry Activity Index (Al) for Various Sectors in the Chemical industry 

On a positive note several examples of green chemistry applications and innovation in chemical manufacturer were recently highlighted by Manley, Anastas, and Cue [101]. These included 

The authors highlighted the importance of metrics in the subject of green chemistry by pointing out that (a) a set of metrics should be developed to address all 12 green chemistry principles, (b) such a set of metrics should be easy to apply, (c) the metrics should measure progress as well as point chemists in the green direction, (d) the metrics should inform and provide momentum for both chemists and corporate managers, and (e) sustainability metrics are valuable since they focus on life cycle assessment and are thus better able to capture a broad evaluation of sustainability. 

Concluding recommendations made by these authors, consistent with those of previously cited authors in this discussion, include the following  

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