Green Chemistry: Concept of Atom Economy

The concept of Green Chemistry helps scientists utilize materials found here on Earth to better improve our environment from an internal decadence. With the exponentially increasing number of the human population there creates an enormous strain of the use of our natural resources, which thereby requires a need to produce an alternate source, either through chemical, or machinery means, which then leaks problems, such as pollution, into our environment. However, using the concepts of Green Chemistry, which includes, enhanced atom productivity, and the usage of non-renewable resources along with many others, scientists can better neutralize the damaging effects of pollution in our environment. Professor Barry M. Trost received an academic award for his work in developing the concept of atom economy, in which he discovered a way to reduce the amount of chemical waste, while also improving the efficiency of chemical reactions.

Before the discovery of atom economy, there were no previous methods that were being used in order to limit the amount of waste product from a chemical r...