environmentally friendly

synonym: ecocompatible
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.13958
Qualifiers for a substance, device, or process that has minimal deleterious impact on the environment, which is air, water, minerals, living systems, etc.
Notes:
  1. The assignment of these qualifiers to a polymer must be based on a consistent life cycle assessment.
  2. Ecocompatible is introduced to complement biocompatible, whose meaning is limited to living systems.
Source:
PAC, 2012, 84, 377. (Terminology for biorelated polymers and applications (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)) on page 405 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'environmentally friendly' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.13958 RIS BibTex EndNote
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