Future Trends

Abstract

Most of the green starting materials are either biomass or biomass-derived materials, but it is not possible to fulfill all the demands of the society such as food, polymers, textiles, healthcare products, cosmetics, energy sources, detergents, pesticides, paints, etc. These cannot be procured by biomass or biomass derivatives only. Therefore, it has become necessary to find out newer greener alternatives for starting materials to obtain these materials. This may be the future prospects of green chemistry. Green solvents, green catalysts, green reaction conditions, benign starting materials, etc. are required to prepare these products. Biodegradability is another concern of the final product.