Capsules that clean: New-look laundry detergents head for supermarket shelves
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 11:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Consumers who remember laundry detergents from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s are about to get that déjà vu feeling and younger people quite a surprise as detergent manufacturers once again try a major repackaging of their products. Laundry capsules that contain single doses of detergent and take up less space than conventional detergents are set to make a comeback. That's the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.