Green Chemistry

This Framework Manual on Green and Sustainable Chemistry has been developed
pursuant to the mandate received from the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in 2019 through Resolution 4/8. Its main purpose is to facilitate a better understanding and provide guidance to countries and stakeholders relevant for advancing green and sustainable chemistry. The Manual will be supplemented with an Executive Summary for decision-makers, as well as specific manuals, resources permitting, covering specific topics to be determined.

In this study, mechanochemical lindane removal from river sediment in Serbia’s Pannonian Plain’s Tamiš River and forest soil from Golija National Park was investigated. For comparison, artificial soils were used, where SSB simulated clay soil and SSS simulated sandy soil. Real and synthetic samples were subjected to physical processing in a high-energy planetary ball mill under atmospheric pressure. The effect of mechanochemical treatment on lindane removal was explored by varying the milling speed (150–350 rpm) at a constant milling time and lindane concentration (0.15–0.35 mg/L).