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When the UK left the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2021, it also left the EU’s comprehensive REACH chemical control system, which was formally replaced by a UK REACH system. This mirrored EU REACH, grandfathering existing registrations and restrictions to the national system, although GB companies lost access to EU databases run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).…

There is no formal blueprint telling universities and colleges how they can encourage skills and practices promoting sustainability, as the world grapples with an ever more demanding impacts from climate change. However, a team of experts in the UK has developed a thoughtful set of guidance, designed to aid higher education institutions in weaving sustainability into their coursework, research and operations.…

Gorpcore’ fashion, wearing outdoor functional clothing as fashionable streetwear, is rising in popularity, so much that much specialist apparel specifically designed for mountain environments will “never see a mountain,” a performance clothing designer has told WTiN.

Their expensive materials and complex designs have “attracted fashion and streetwear to outdoor clothing,” Richard Dannah, an outdoor performance designer with more than 20 years’ experience in the field, told WTiN.…

While UK authorised push payment (APP) fraud losses were down 17% in 2022 year-on-year, they still cost victims GBP485.2 million (USD619 million) and comprised 57% of all reported cases relating to purchase fraud, with case volumes breaking 100,000 for the first time.…

The North Sea, tapped for oil and natural gas I earnest since the 1960s by Britain, Norway, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium – is increasingly being utilised as a site for renewable energy projects, as well as carbon capture and storage.…

Gorpcore’ fashion, wearing outdoor functional clothing as fashionable streetwear, is rising in popularity, so much that much specialist apparel specifically designed for mountain environments will “never see a mountain,” a performance clothing designer has told WTiN. 

Their expensive materials and complex designs have “attracted fashion and streetwear to outdoor clothing,” Richard Dannah, an outdoor performance sportwear designer with more than 20 years’ experience in the field, told WTiN.…

The metal packaging sector does not only prosper because of its intrinsic self-worth but also because of changes in competing industries such as paper and plastic packaging – and regulation – such as recent single-use plastics bans – can boost the fortunes of can makers and fillers.…

The Covid-19-related increase in waste from disposed personal protective equipment (PPE) has focused attention on nonwovens waste management.

For instance, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said 1.5 billion units of PPE, much of which nonwovens, weighing 87,000 tonnes, were procured between March 2020 and November 2021 alone and shipped to support countries’ urgent Covid-19 under UN emergency work alone.…

Should all anti-money laundering typologies be made public? AML experts argue it depends on the circumstances, but in general, as criminals are usually ahead of the curve, there is not always much that the bad guys can learn from typologies unless nitty gritty details are revealed.…

Alcohol-free beverages have come a long way since the 1970s when they were targeted at vehicle drivers worried about losing their licences. But with a decrease in per-capita consumption of alcohol among many higher-income markets, many consumers who normally drink alcohol are becoming “sober curious” – looking for non-alcoholic alternatives, according to Andrew Greenhill, an assistant professor for microbiology and fermentation technology at Federation University, Victoria, Australia.…