Review on Green Pharmacy Practice

Green Pharmacy integrates ecological sustainability into pharmaceutical sciences, emphasizing the minimization of environmental impact throughout a drug’s life cycle from design and production to consumption and disposal. It advocates plant-based healing, responsible waste management and the rational use of medicines. This discipline connects environmental ethics with pharmaceutical practice by addressing issues such as drug pollution, resource depletion and carbon emissions associated with medicine manufacture. Sustainable pharmacy further expands the concept by incorporating educational, social, and economic dimensions into healthcare. This review explores the evolution of green pharmacy, its guiding principles and the major approaches adopted in modern pharmaceutical systems. The paper examines global and national initiatives aimed at promoting environmental responsibility, highlights current trends such as green prescriptions and eco-friendly manufacturing, and discusses future prospects including artificial intelligence, biodegradable drug delivery systems and sustainable sourcing.