Nordic fashion and textile industry is set to become the most sustainable in the world. The vision of a new Nordic action plan presented by the Nordic Ministers for the Environment in Copenhagen earlier this week is for the region to ...
Tags: Nordic Fashion, textile industry
There is a wide gap between supply and demand of organic products in Europe, which seems to be growing by the day Experts warn tht this gap is further expected to widen due to new EU amendment, reports EurActive Germany. The market for ...
Tags: EU Regulation, Organic Farming
It all happened very quickly in advance of the EU Environment Council’s meeting in Brussels on December 17. The EU decided to scrap the Circular Environment package because in 2015 “we want to put something on the table that is ...
Recycling and preparing for reuse of packaging waste is to be increased to 80% (by weight) by 2030 with individual materials? required to recycle more. Paper, ferrous metal, aluminium and glass have been set a 90% target while plastic ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Paper Recycling
The European Commission (EC) has confirmed disbursement of €840,000 from the European Globalization Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 300 workers made redundant in the textile sector of the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia to find ...
Tags: Textile
The European Parliament has announced that about 98 percent of the customs duties that Ukrainian iron, steel, farm produce and machinery exporters pay at EU borders will be removed by a proposal backed by the European Parliament on ...
Tags: Customs Duty, EU
The council of ministers of Brazil's foreign trade chamber Camex has announced a twice-yearly monitoring of Aperam domestic stainless steel price proposal. The proposal is waiting for the approval of government authorities. This new ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
It is no secret that laminate flooring is inherently green. It has been touted as such for years by the industry, but what is so environmentally friendly about laminate? Well, just about everything. Laminate is a fascinating product ...
Within ten days the Belarusian Economy Ministry has to present a draft legal act to enable conditions for the effective operation of glass factories. Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich gave the instruction at the session of the ...
The Ministry of Economy shall, within ten days to submit to the Government a draft regulation to create the conditions for effective work glassworks. The assignment was made ??Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich at a meeting of the ...
Tags: Glassworks, Construction Glass
The Brazilian Government is still studying and discerning as to what action it would be taking against the US for the non-payment of compensation to Brazilian cotton producers who were affected by the agricultural subsidies of the country, ...
Tags: Cotton, Subsidy Issue
Brazil’s Council of Ministers of Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX), chaired by the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC), Fernando Pimentel, has decided to instruct the technical group of retaliation - created by ...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) senior official said in spite of the LME aluminum prices in the doldrums recently, the company is still expected to achieve annual growth target for 2013. MahmoodHashimAlKooheji, the directors in the Bahrain ...
Belarus will raise export duties on oil and oil products on 1 July 2013. The relevant decision is laid down by Council of Ministers resolution No. 541 of 26 June 2013, the press service of the Belarusian government told BelTA. As of 1 ...
Tags: Oil Export, Duties
Ivo Opstelten, Dutch minister of Safety and Justice The Dutch government on Thursday presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into computer systems — including those located in foreign countries ...
Tags: Dutch Bill, Computer Products