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BY DEIRDRE MASON

FROM the earliest times, cosmetics and toiletries marketers have relied as much on pretty containers and stylish packaging as on the product itself for its special place in customers’ hearts. At the high end of the market, luxury packaging has traditionally been about opulence, extravagance, and a sense of lavishness.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

A SHIPMENT of Chinese ‘Global Accessories’ branded scarves have been seized by Finnish border authorities because the garments’ dark blue stripes contained banned azocolourants, reported European Union consumer alert service RAPEX. These azocolourants broke European Union environmental legislation because they leached over 15 times the allowed amount of benzidine and over six times the legal amount of 3.3′-dimethoxybenzidine.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

GERMANY’S key Frankfurt airport has become the first airport to receive certification for carbon reduction efforts under a new European scheme. ‘Airport Carbon Accreditation’ is operated by the European Commission, ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference), air traffic control organisation EUROCONTROL and UNEP (UN Environmental Programme).…

BY EMMA JACKSON

THE EUROPEAN Commission has ordered 18 European Union (EU) member states to collectively repay Euro 214.6 million in misspent food production funding. France owes Euro 71 million for weak on-the-spot checks regarding environmental and animal welfare standards, ensuring ‘cross compliance’ commitments made by producers are followed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN ENVIRONMENTAL report has shown which Europe-based auto-manufacturers must make the most extensive changes to their models and ranges to comply with oncoming 2015 European Union (EU) CO2 emissions standards. Europe’s Transport and Environment (T&E) group has released statistics showing Mazda faces a significant investment bill – maybe forcing up prices: it needs to improve its the emissions of its models by 21% to reach the 2015 mandatory target of an 130 g/km average for all cars made by a manufacturer in Europe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) is planning to lend up to Euro 25 million to Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Sarajevo International Airport to finance an expansion project. The money could cover the bulk of an estimated Euro 31.9 million price tag for plans to extend the airport’s passenger terminal, while upgrading and expanding its taxiway and apron.…

BY LEE ADENDORFF

RECYCLING in Italy, as in most of Europe, has ceased to be simply a form of waste disposal and has evolved into a fundamental part of the industrial grid. The sector has provided over 76,000 jobs over the last 10 years in Italy, growing by an average of 5% year-on-year to be worth around 3% of the country’s GDP today.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE USA food manufacturing industry, packagers and chemical suppliers may face additional controls on the chemicals they buy and use, maybe mirroring Europe’s REACH system. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing proposed reforms to American toxic chemicals regulations, branding them an "inadequate tool for providing the protection against chemical risks that the public rightfully expects".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded scientists have tracked how nanoparticles pass through the body and into cells. In a study showing how far they can penetrate living tissue, the Euro 2.8 million MAGSELECTOFECTION study showed once nanoparticles enter a cell, they move randomly until collected by proteins, which take them to the cell nucleus.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded scientists have tracked how nanoparticles pass through the body and into cells: once inside they move randomly until collected by proteins, which take them to the cell nucleus. The Euro 2.8 million MAGSELECTOFECTION study was staged to help drug companies develop targeted delivery of pharmaceuticals with nanoparticles, but the study will benefit scientists wanting to understand the environmental health effects of nanotechnology.…