Application of green chemistry in Vietnam to support green growth
Thứ sáu, 26/10/2018
Green chemistry is sustainable chemistry development (which is also known as sustainable chemistry). It encourages the development of production methods and processes restricting the production and use of toxic chemicals.
Green chemistry is sustainable chemistry development (which is also known as sustainable chemistry). It encourages the development of production methods and processes restricting the production and use of toxic chemicals.
Recently, the Chemicals Agency (Ministry of Industry and Trade) has cooperated with the Vietnam Environment Administration (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) in implementing the project "Application of Green Chemistry in Vietnam" to support green growth, reduce use and release of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and hazardous chemicals.
Launch of "Application of Green Chemistry in Vietnam" Project
The objective of the project is to create the enabling environment for the introduction of green chemistry and its applications in productive sectors in Viet Nam with the purpose of reducing the use and release of chemicals controlled under the Stockholm Convention (on POPs) and Minamata Convention (on mercury) to prevent mercury pollution from causing harm to human health and the environment on 12 principles of green chemistry including preventing waste; atom economy; less hazardous chemical syntheses; designing safer chemicals; safer solvents and auxiliaries; design for energy efficiency; use of renewable feedstocks; reducing derivatives; catalysis; design for degradation; real-time analysis for pollution prevention; inherently safer chemistry for accident prevention.
Green chemistry contributes to sustainable development and environmental protection
The "Application of Green Chemistry in Vietnam" project is the first green chemistry project to be implemented in Southeast Asia. It is implemented for 3 years and focuses on continuing to reduce the use of POPs and release of unintentional POPs through the introduction of green chemical approaches in six industrial sectors in Vietnam including chrome plating, pulp and paper manufacturing, plastic manufacturing, textile, pesticides, and solvents. Specific guidance for each sector will be developed and the green chemistry approach will be streamlined into relevant legislation.
In 2018, the project aims to establish a favorable environment for the application of green chemistry and the introduction of applications and benefits of green chemistry to leaders, the public and businesses involved in selected industry sub-sectors, to demonstrate green chemistry solutions or technologies to reduce the use or release of POPs and mercury in at least two companies involved in the production and manufacturing; to make assessment of the national capacity related to the application of green chemistry; to make assessment of the current legal framework for six priority sectors.
By Office of Cleaner Production and Sustainable Production and Consumption