ABSTRACT
Twelve principles of green chemistry were also reviewed and analyzed by supporting statistical data. Some principles of green chemistry, which are an optimization of raw material usage, design less hazardous chemical syntheses and safer chemicals, avoiding chemical derivatives, prevention of waste, pollution and accidents, difficult to separate from each other, and can be discussed together.
The main purpose of several of the twelve principles of green chemistry is to prevent hazardous and toxic waste. The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program provides data about environmental releases of toxic and non-toxic chemicals from approximately 22,000 industrial facilities throughout the United State; 1.5 billion kg were released to the air, land, and water in 2015. The amount of releases of toxic chemicals from U.S. industrial facilities decreased by 56% (851 million pounds) from 2005 to 2015 covered by the TRI Program (EPA 2018).
