The First Chemical Database – Gmelin’s Handbook

It has been over 200 years since the German Chemist, Leopold Gmelin, first published his handbook – Gmelin released the Handbook of theoretical chemistry, which was continued as the Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic Chemistry until 1997 in about 800 volumes by the Gmelin...

April 22 is Earth Day

This year’s campaign is to End Plastic Pollution. From poisoning and injuring marine life to disrupting human hormones, from littering our beaches and landscapes to clogging our waste streams and landfills, the exponential growth of plastics is now threatening the...

Clinical Sterilisation

The Sterimelt – a “world first” solution for recycling clinical sterilisation wrap for the healthcare industry – not only diverts large amounts away from landfill and/ or incineration, but it also reduces the carbon footprint and costs created by transporting this...

Yuri’s Night

Yuri’s Night is an international celebration held every April 12th to commemorate milestones in space exploration. Yuri’s Night is named for the first human to launch into space. Yuri Gagarin, who flew the Vosok 1 spaceship on 12th April 1961. The launch of STS-1, the...

Banish Wipes to the Bin

Spread the word about the scourge of “flushable” wet wipes and help avoid blockages in your community. Britain resolves approximately 13,000 blockages a year on our public sewers with thousands more on customers’ own private drains. Research shows that wet wipes are...

How Sicilian oranges are being made into clothes

From fashion to energy – the rind and seeds of Sicily’s most famous citrus fruit, the humble orange, are being used in a range of greener, healthier business initiatives. In 2011, Adriana Santonocito was a design student in Milan when she first had the...