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CICUR calls for tanners to join discharge regulation programme

Published: October 18, 2022

The Chamber of the Tannery Industry (CICUR) in Guanajuato has called for tanners to make the investment and join SAPAL's residual discharge regulation programme.

Tanners in León resist water treatment upgrades

Published: June 10, 2022

According to recent reports, tanners located in the leather cluster around León, Mexico, are reluctant to upgrade their facilities in the face of waste discharge sanctions.

Science minister advocates for zero carbon leather

Published: May 23, 2022

Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has said that the leather industry in India needs to move towards a net-zero carbon footprint.

Clearer waters in Tamil Nadu canal as industries close

Published: April 9, 2020

Nearby farmers claim the level of pollution has been visibly reduced after tanneries and textile companies were ordered to shut due to the COVID-19 spread.

Polluting Kanpur tanneries ordered to close

Published: February 28, 2020

Due to the ongoing pollution of the river Ganga by effluent discharge, a number of Kanpur tanneries have been ordered to close.

AICC Technical Convention to address safety issues

Published: February 18, 2020

The third Technical Convention of the Italian Association of Leather Chemists (AICC) will be held in Turbigo, Province of Milan, on February 29.

Kanpur tanners fear cluster might not open again

Published: May 30, 2019

As the tanneries in Kanpur remain closed long after the religious Kumbh Mela festival ended on March 4, some tanners worry the Government will not allow them to open again and many workers are reported to have left the sector.

Arrests and tannery closures in Kenya due to illegal waste discharge

Published: May 3, 2019

An operation aimed at stopping companies from polluting rivers in Nairobi County has led to the closure of five tanneries and to the arrest of tannery supervisors on May 2.

Illegal discharge of tannery pollutants continues in Jalandhar

Published: January 23, 2018

Despite the environmental protection measures undertaken by India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the attempt to close 19 tanneries in Jalandhar, Indian state of Punjab, the discharge of tannery pollutants directly into the communal drains is reported to continue.

China introduces new environment tax

Published: January 9, 2018

Effective from January 1, 2018, China has started collecting an environment tax to better protect the environment and reduce pollutant discharge. The new tax replaces the "pollutant discharge fee" that China had been collecting for nearly 40 years since 1979, and is aimed as a "green" financial and taxation system.