Abstract
Green chemistry is a novel proposal grouping a set of criteria or guidelines for the design of sustainable industrial chemical processes and reducing the environmental deterioration produced not only by the productive process but also by the products. It is based on the search for social and environmental sustainability. However, it is important to indicate that it is more than a theory or a mandate, green chemistry is a work philosophy that encompasses all aspects of the processes where chemical transformations are involved, from their design, to their production, control, minimization of risks, and aspects that go beyond the useful life of the products. Here, the principles of green chemistry and its connection with the design, production, use, and final disposal of polymers are introduced in a general way, in order to give a broad perspective of the characteristics implicit in the concept “eco-friendly” applied to functional polymers.
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