As of April 1, 2005, the UCD SAACS became a Green Chemistry Club.
As a result, we are required to abide by the following 12 principles of the Green Chemistry Institute: - Prevention
- It is better to prevent waste than to treat or clean up waste after it has been created.
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- Atom Economy
- Synthetic methods should be designed to maximize the incorporation of all materials used in the process into the final product.
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- Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses
- Wherever practicable, synthetic methods should be designed to use and generate substances that possess little or no toxicity to human health and the environment.
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- Designing Safer Chemicals
- Chemical products should be designed to effect their desired function while minimizing their toxicity.
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- Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries
- The use of auxiliary substances (e.g., solvents, separation agents, etc.) should be made unnecessary wherever possible and innocuous when used.
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- Design for Energy Efficiency
- Energy requirements of chemical processes should be recognized for their environmental and economic impacts and should be minimized. If possible, synthetic methods should be conducted at ambient temperature and pressure.
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- Use of Renewable Feedstocks
- A raw material or feedstock should be renewable rather than depleting whenever technically and economically practicable.
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- Reduce Derivatives
- Unnecessary derivatization (use of blocking groups, protection/ deprotection, temporary modification of physical/chemical processes) should be minimized or avoided if possible, because such steps require additional reagents and can generate waste.
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- Catalysis
- Catalytic reagents (as selective as possible) are superior to stoichiometric reagents.
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- Design for Degradation
- Chemical products should be designed so that at the end of their function they break down into innocuous degradation products and do not persist in the environment.
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- Real-time analysis for Pollution Prevention
- Analytical methodologies need to be further developed to allow for real-time, in-process monitoring and control prior to the formation of hazardous substances.
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- Inherently Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention
- Substances and the form of a substance used in a chemical process should be chosen to minimize the potential for chemical accidents, including releases, explosions, and fires.
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