| Vanishing ink
could bolster recycling
An erasable
printer ink could provide a way to reuse paper several times before it’s
sent to a recycling plant.
References:
Machida, S., et
al. 1999. New decolorable printing ink to support effective paper
recycling. Meeting of the American Chemical Society. August. New
Orleans.
Further Readings:
1994. Enzymes help
office paper recycling. Science News 146(Nov. 5):296.
Peterson, I. 1998.
Rethinking ink. Science
News 153(June 20):396.
Sources:
Shigeru Machida
Toshiba Corporation
Display Materials and Devices Laboratory
1, Komukai Toshiba-cho
Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki 210-8582
Japan
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 11, September 11, 1999, p. 170. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |