LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGCENTER RESEARCH AIMS AT USED MOTOR OIL CONTAINERS
June 09, 2008
June 09, 2008
BATON ROUGE, La., June 9 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news release:
As more than 3 billion quart-size, high-density polyethylene motor-oil containers head for U.S. landfills each year, LSU AgCenter researchers are looking for ways to keep them out.
Each year, U.S. motorists use about 150,000 tons of HDPE containers, leaving the insides coated with residual motor oil, said Dr. Qinglin Wu, a researcher in the Louisiana Forest Produc . . .
As more than 3 billion quart-size, high-density polyethylene motor-oil containers head for U.S. landfills each year, LSU AgCenter researchers are looking for ways to keep them out.
Each year, U.S. motorists use about 150,000 tons of HDPE containers, leaving the insides coated with residual motor oil, said Dr. Qinglin Wu, a researcher in the Louisiana Forest Produc . . .