Reducing Chemical Waste and Chemical Footprints through Microscience
Cecilia Wandiga (she/her)
Leading the Way in Applied Science: Bridging EcoChemical Innovation with Circular Economy for Sustainable Development in Construction, Chemicals & Waste, Water, Aquaculture, and Agriculture across Sub-Saharan Africa.
We have heard of reduce / reuse / recycle. Sometimes reuse and recycle are not possible. As with chemical compounds. Once you use them they turn into something else and it would take a chemical magician to get them back.
Reduce is definitely possible. Although we need to use chemicals to test things and train new scientists, we actually need very small quantities of chemicals to make a viable reaction. Once we learn to think of conservation (atom efficiency using Green Chemistry terminology - in English this means doing more with less) we can drastically reduce our chemical footprints.
Look at the smaller [reduced] size of the reagent bottles in this video versus your average laboratory (hint, compare using the size of your hand).
Now think about how much less [reduced size] of an impact there is when we use microscience (nanotechnology made simple).
What are the reduced impacts in these environmental situations?
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