They’re a colossal waste of paper and space, not to mention annoying. So why won’t retailers give them up? To save paper, Linda Quirke prints double-sided at work. She does the same thing at home. So ...

Holding cash register receipts may expose you to bisphenol A (BPA), reveals a new study. BPA is a carbon-based synthetic chemical, which is commonly used to produce many plastic-based and aluminum ...

Clean hands are great until someone hands you a receipt. When people handled cash-register receipts after applying hand sanitizer, the level of bisphenol A (BPA) in their blood stream increased as ...

Jack Dorsey, speaking at the National Retail Federation expo yesterday was opining on the topic of cash register receipts. Now, to be honest, I'm not clear what he was actually saying. I've read all ...

Manufacturers would coat a powdery layer of this BPA onto one side of a piece of paper together with an invisible ink, he says. “Later, when you applied pressure or heat, they would merge together and ...

New study finds BPA, a controversial chemical, is absorbed into skin from cash-register receipts BPA, or bisphenol A, is often found on thermal paper, which is used in many cash registers Touching a ...

The next time a cashier hands you a receipt at Walmart, Whole Foods, or McDonald's, you may want to think twice before touching it. In a neurosis-inducing study commissioned by the Environmental ...

Occasionally you may wish to conduct transactions on your Sharp XE-A206 electronic cash register without leaving a literal paper trail. You can set your cash register to the earth-friendly No Receipt ...

Quality means warranty. And warranties are not merely an abstract concept but a definite right, recognized by law, allowing every consumer to demand replacement or repair within two years of the ...