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China sets new targets for leather industry pollution

17/02/2014
China sets new targets for leather industry pollution

China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) has said it is aiming to reduce carbon dioxide discharge from the country’s tanneries by 3% and ammonia nitrogen by 15% through a new programme of environmental standards. “China’s leather making industry tops the world in terms of scale of production, but there are prominent problems, for...

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