a substance that may have harmful health effects -- occurs in 94 percent of thermal cash register receipts, scientists are reporting. The recycling of those receipts, they add, is a source of BPA contamination ...

Chemistry - Other

Oct 26, 2011 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Leeds and Durham University have solved a long-standing problem that could revolutionize the way new plastics are developed.

Chemistry - Polymers

Sep 29, 2011 4.6 / 5 (24) 10 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite efforts to encourage the recycling of plastic water bottles, milk jugs and similar containers, a majority of the plastic packaging produced each year in the United States ends up in ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Sep 28, 2011 not rated yet 0

Reusable and recyclable packaging are shooting up the news, public, and political agenda, and increasingly can offer a cutting edge to the growing number of environmentally-conscious consumers. But what makes a refillable ...

Other Sciences - Other

May 13, 2009 not rated yet 0