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Quantitative organic analysis (Volumetric analysis) is an integral part of the university chemistry laboratory curriculum. This training type is essential as a student develops basics of reactions, experimental skills, calculative mind, analytical skill and systematic analysis. However, the conventional method of analysis such as gravimetric, volumetric methods generates considerable waste containing a mixture of hazardous chemicals. The scraps are difficult to reuse, which pollutes the atmosphere to a greater extent and commercial disposal of this invites a considerable expense. Further, student uses a large volume of reagents (60 mL) for one reading of titration and must take concordat readings by performing at least four sets (240 mL). Thousands of students produce about (300mL /student) waste while conducting these experiments. In conventional methods, complex and expensive hazardous reagents chemicals like Fehling's solution in volumetric analysis, potassium ferrocyanide and zinc in Hagedorn-Jenson Method, H2SO4, KI and KIO3 in Somogyi's method were used which will now be replaced with green, less hazardous, inexpensive, easily available in contrast to mentioned in the literature. Keeping these factors in mind a new colorimetric analysis of reducing sugar is developed, which is sensitive and can detect in micrograms with UV-Visible spectrophotometer or colorimeter instruments. This experiment will be fruitful to study as it will modify the tedious, hazardous, waste generating methods to simple, eco-friendly, energy and time-efficient process. The method will train the students to deal with micro volumes of reagents and develop environmental sensitisation.