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Five tanneries closed in León by SAPAL

Published: March 29, 2023

León Drinking Water and Sewerage System (SAPAL) has already closed five tanneries in 2023 for improper effluent treatment. Read More...

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.

Changes afoot for 2015…hopefully!

Published: January 6, 2015

A few years ago I was deeply honoured to be invited to Austria to talk to a UNIDO strategy meeting. Although I was aware of the millennium development goals (MDGs) I was, probably naively, taken aback by the prominence they were given and the extended use of the unfamiliar MDG shorthand. This year, 2015, is the completion year for the original MDGs so an updated set are being worked out for the next 15 years.