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29 September 2022

The Parliament of Bangladesh: “select only Savar tanneries that are sustainable and close the others”

In Bangladesh, the daily @dailystarnews into account the parliament's recommendation to divide all 140 tanneries of the Savar Tannery Industry into three categories, based on compliance and lack thereof in treating tannery waste, and close down those that have never applied for environmental clearance and are unlikely to comply. [Divide 140 tanneries in 3 categories - The Daily Star]

01 September 2022

Mexico, Footwear: They call on producers not to speculate on the price of leather

In the footwear industry, producers experience a recovery in production, the president of the CICEG calls on leather producers not to speculate on prices. [Industria del Calzado: Llaman a productores a no especular con el precio del cuero – am]

25 July 2022

Bangladesh: slowdown of industrial production and environmental crisis of tanneries

While we read in @dailystarnews¹ that the Government of Bangladesh estimates a lower growth in exports due to insignificant progress in the diversification of products and markets, and for global turbulence, we go to the site DailyIndustruy.news² to verify the crisis of tanneries, considered the main cause of environmental and river pollution, to which the Department of environment does not grant new authorizations for the management of solid and liquid waste of the much-discussed industrial park of Savar, forcing them to close. [¹⁾Govt targets lower export growth for global turmoil – Daily Star; ²⁾Hide traders facing uncertainty – dailyindustry.news]

22 July 2022

Development project of the leather sector in Zimbabwe and Tanzania, in the SADC area

The final beneficiaries are around 2 500 workers of the leather tanning and leather product manufacturing companies in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The initiative is sponsored through funding from Sadc (Southern African Development Community), ZimTrade and Solidaridad; it should stimulate job creation, reduce the environmental impact of leather processing, and create market links for leather products at national, regional and international levels. [Bulawayo launches leather industry support project- The Chronicle]

18 July 2022

South Africa, SACTWU closes with salary increases the wage disputes of footwear, tanners, and textiles

The Southern African Textile and Clothing Workers' Union (Sactwu), affiliated with Cosatu (Congress of South African Trade Unions) has resolved the wage dispute in the footwear sector with a wage increase of 6.8%. In the tannery sector, with a wage increase of 7.25%. In the textile sector, forecasting wage increases between 7.5% and 8% for this year and next year. [Sactwu settles footwear sector wage dispute with 6.8% increase – IOL]

16 July 2022

U.S. legislation to limit PFAS in industrial wastewater will broaden the very definition of PFAS

The American Chemical Society, @C&EN, argues that plastic manufacturers will be among the first industries to meet PFAS pollution limits in wastewater under legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Textiles and makers of electrical and electronic components follow, then paint formulators, companies that mold plastics and leather tanneries. The measure will increase the number of chemicals for which manufacturers must supply data to the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency.

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