Green chemistry – Remedy to societal hygiene: A graphical review

• Main Authors: Satyaki Chatterjee, Vivek Mishra
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
• Series: Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
• Subjects: Green chemistry; Sustainable natural products; Waste management; Menstrual & infant hygiene; Circular economics
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266608652030028X

India, as a consequence of rich demography, on an average every year produces 62 million tonnes of municipal solid waste; amidst 9000 tonnes are sanitary wastes including pads and diapers. Nevertheless, mounting up testimonies have established the adversities associated with sanitary waste that plunge unsympathetic impacts on societal hygiene. By accumulating, amalgamating, and processing a current investigation, we have arranged a precise sketch on the harms like immune-toxicity, endocrine effects, and tumor promotion by volatile organic compounds like dioxins surfacing from the waste. Also, sustainable approaches viz. using clay-based incinerators in preventing the spread of detrimental gases and exchanging plastic-based synthetic sanitary products with nature-derived green remedies for the prime citizens of the country – Women & Children, and their future applications to generate circular economy. In this graphical review, we showcased how India holding the hands of green chemistry brought science out of the lab into the daily life, making historical amendments, implementing a green, educated, and healthy society.