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Portuguese project wins award for leather waste recycling process

Published: July 19, 2022

The Portuguese technology centre for textile and clothing (CITEVE) has won an award for its process to turn leather waste and by-products into coatings for textiles.

Alcanena residents accuse tanneries of pollution

Published: November 27, 2017

Since April 2017, the residents of Alcanena, Portugal, have been complaining about foul smells resulting from incomplete waste water treatment or improper discharge of wastewater from the public sewage plant.