Updating of the Urban Waste Water Directive (UWWD): raising European purification standards by 2040. The cornerstones are: extension of the perimeter of agglomerations subject to obligations, new limits for the concentration of pollutants and introduction of quaternary treatment obligations. To these are added the Integrated Plans for the management of wastewater, the establishment of producer responsibility for pollutants released by the products introduced and the request for energy neutrality for the treatment of effluents.
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]
Michigan officials found that sludge contaminated with heavy metals and PFAS was used to fertilize agricultural fields. Here the automotive tannery Eagle Ottawa Leather Company, spread tannery waste on farmland until 2006. It is not known whether tanneries across the nation also follow this practice. The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team is investigating the extent of the contamination. [PFAS found in groundwater where tannery spread sludge to fertilize crops - Michigan Radio]
Tanneries have begun to move from the city to the Sialkot tannery area, which will largely reduce environmental pollution. The CETP (Central Effluent Treatment Plant) worth one billion rupees is expected to start operating by August this year and will start operating.
They are about half of those dedicated to activity in the basin. They are taken to a new industrial area that is almost finished in Villa Jardín, Lanús. [Medium environment. Sacan a 30 curtiembres del Riachuelo para que no sigan contaminando – Clarìn]
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