SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY AS A TOOL FOR RE-SHAPING THE NIGERIA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

¹Azuaga, I. Chia, ²Otuonye, U.C and ¹Fariku, Samuel

¹Chemistry Department, Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria.

²Department of Chemical Sciences, Federal University of Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria.

E-mail: kperan2000@yahoo.co.uk

ABSTRACT

Sustainable Chemistry seeks to reduce the impact of Chemistry on the environment by preventing pollution and its source and using fewer natural resources. The focus of this paper, therefore, is to explain the role the chemist can play in assisting chemical industries in meeting the needs of society at the same time not harming the surrounding and invariably the people.