CHINA PUSHES TEXTILE COMPANIES TO GO GREEN
March 1st, 2013
CHINA’S textile industry association is preparing for new demands from its government to introduce sustainable production in the sector, warning that companies failing to comply will be closed.Yang Donghui, director of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, a state-owned Beijing agency, warned: “This is mandatory. Companies who fail to keep up with the requirement will be phased out.”He was commenting on China’s state council (effectively its cabinet) issuing a directive for the creation of a “circular economy” in China, that systematically ...
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