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BY KEITH NUTHALL

REFORMS have been approved by the European Parliament to a revised European Union (EU)-wide ecolabel system, making it tougher for many non-food product packagers to secure regarding the use of environmentally damaging chemicals. An informal agreement with EU ministers means that parliament’s decision will probably become law soon.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

YOU might think, given the preponderance of doomsayers predicting drought and desertification in Europe because of global warming, that the rainfall data would back them up.

But on a continent-wide scale, it does not.

A report on water scarcity issued by the European Environment Agency (EEA) earlier this year noted that "precipitation in Europe generally increased over the twentieth century, rising by 6-8 % on average between 1901 and 2005".…

BY MARK GODFREY

BUSINESS remains slow in Jinghai, a slice of industrial land a couple of hours east of Beijing designated as one of China’s key recycling belts. Business was brisk here up to October 2008, the date given locally as the beginning of a savage dip in demand for recyclables.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Commission report has concluded that the "affordability of alcohol does impact on levels of harmful and hazardous alcohol consumption". Brussels added it "makes sense for policymakers to consider…measures affecting the price of alcohol…to help curb this phenomenon."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

REFORMS have been approved by the European Parliament to a revised European Union (EU)-wide ecolabel system, making it tougher for clothing and textile producers to secure when using environmentally damaging chemicals. An informal agreement with EU ministers means that parliament’s April 2 decision should fast-track the changes.…

BY MARK ROWE

THE AIRPORTS of Norway and Iceland are well suited to dealing with the impact of border-free travel with each other and many member states of the European Union (EU), having joined the EU’s frontierless Schengen-zone in 1999, abolished all border checks for travel to member countries in December 2001.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

REFORMS have been approved by the European Parliament to a revised European Union-wide ecolabel system, making it tougher for manufacturers to secure when using environmentally damaging chemicals. Another change would require some companies to reduce animal testing to secure an eco-label.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

REFORMS have been approved by the European Parliament to a revised European Union (EU)-wide ecolabel system, making it tougher for personal care product manufacturers to secure regarding the use of environmentally damaging chemicals. Soaps and shampoos are currently covered by the existing system, although new products – such as cosmetics – could be added in the future under the new regime.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

AFTER many years of often ill-tempered negotiation and much heated lobbying in the European Parliament, the inclusion of the aviation industry in the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is now a done thing. The enabling directive 2008/101/EC was agreed last year and published in the EU’s Official Journal on January 13 of this year.…

BY DOMINIQUE PATTON

A HANDFUL of Chinese sweetener companies are ramping up both their capacity and service levels to build a competitive advantage in the global food industry.

China produces about 180,000 tonnes of high intensity sweeteners per year, according to Professor Zhu Lujia, of the sweetener committee of the China Food Additives Association (CFAA).…