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What we're doing Right
Searching for a substitute
15th March 2010
Polycarbonate plastics made with bisphenol-a (BPA) have a myriad number of uses for good reason. Hard, clear, heat and shatter-resistant, they are invaluable – but also controversial. So chemists are cleverly crafting alternatives.
What we're doing Right
Better living through green chemistry
10th December 2009
Chemists are coming up with safer ways to manufacture modern comforts, from plastics to pesticides – and it can be much, much cheaper in the long run
What we're doing Wrong
Plastic unfantastic
9th December 2009
In order to change the way we use plastics we need to change the way we think about them: remarkable and valuable, rather than cheap and disposable