Green Chemistry and consuming products

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Across
  1. 3. Where many products end up if they are not recycled or reused
  2. 4. Living in a way so that less raw materials are used or needed.
  3. 6. When unwanted materials enter a food chain and build up in the tissues of animals
  4. 10. These nations use large numbers of consumer products.
  5. 12. The proactive way of inventing, designing, and using products so that they have minimal environmental impact is known as _____________ chemistry.
  6. 14. When buying a product, we must consider its ____________ and how it was produced.
  7. 15. These products that can be broken down by micro-organisms, or other natural processes because they are derived from natural materials.
  8. 17. Why you might choose a metal water bottle instead of plastic water bottles.
  9. 18. In order to save money and reduce emissions, many industries are trying to find ways to cut back their use of this.
  10. 20. These materials, like food scraps, cotton, or wood, will break down in the environment in a relatively short amount of time.
  11. 21. The process of sorting paper, plastic, metal and glass rather than throwing it in the trash.
  12. 22. The pulp and paper industry is a major source of this.
Down
  1. 1. Companies and processes must be ____________ to avoid unnecessary expenses.
  2. 2. Material made of non-renewable resources that has many useful properties like being inexpensive, waterproof, versatile and long-lasting.
  3. 5. Special plastics, like “Greenware”, which are made of corn or starch-rich foods that will decompose.
  4. 7. Green chemistry aims to find safer and less harmful ____________________ to current products and industrial processes.
  5. 8. For paper to be white, this substance must be removed.
  6. 9. A new life given to non-recyclable materials by converting them into new products.
  7. 11. Glucose is being used to replace this chemical commonly used in the production of nylon.
  8. 13. Compounds made out of fossil fuels such as plastics, gasoline, adhesives or rubber.
  9. 16. By using a ___________ chemical reactions can occur faster and are more efficient.
  10. 17. One aim of green chemistry is to use more ________________ resources as starting materials for products
  11. 19. The _________________ found in different compounds and materials help us predict their properties and determine their uses.