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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released information on planned initiatives for what will be a busy year regarding the boosting of recycling in the European Union (EU). Anticipated actions include a green paper on sustainable consumption and production, suggesting improvement to “integrated product policy, and including ecolabel, environmental management schemes, resource and waste policies and innovation.”…

BY MARK ROWE, in London
NANOTECHNOLOGY may help textile manufacturers dramatically reduce their costs and overheads, according to a design expert speaking at a conference at the Royal Society in London. The precise measurements involved in using nanofibres and other nanotechnology means that manufacturers could both significantly reduce the bulk of raw materials they need but also produce bespoke products that are far more targeted than is presently the case.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE POWER generation industry has always been a globalised business, especially regarding the manufacture of equipment, but with the opening of national electricity markets, especially in Europe, it has become increasingly international. As a result, the need for common standards and practices, relevant to the industry, its suppliers and its customers is becoming more and more important.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
JUNE 1 is something of a momentous date for environmental control. On this day, the European Union’s (EU) most ambitious legal initiative designed to boost environmental health comes into force – REACH, the Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals system.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) harmonised type-approval system for vehicle design has been extended to cover lorries, vans, semi-trailers and trailers, with the European Parliament approving a directive negotiated in advance with the EU Council of Ministers. Mandatory design standards will be based on United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) models, creating one set of guidelines, whereas before national rules governed which commercial goods vehicles could be operate in the 27 EU member states.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) committee on emerging risks has warned of a lack of knowledge about the environmental and health effects of using nano-sized particles in products and packaging. The committee, assessing the suitability of existing risk assessment methods, has called for urgent research, especially regarding the potential environmental risk posed by nanotechnologies – being developed for many packaging uses, notably improving the properties of materials.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AGREEMENT has been struck on the final shape of the long-discussed Rome II regulation that establishes guidelines on choosing court jurisdictions for non-contractual disputes within the European Union (EU). Meeting in a conciliation committee, EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament representatives agreed the binding legislation yesterday (Tue 15-5), which should come into force January 1, 2009.…

BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo
THE LONG-AWAITED relocation of Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish wholesale market has been put back 12 months after the metropolitan government confirmed that an environmental assessment of the planned new site is required. Some dealers at the present market have complained that the planned new Toyosu Wharf site – which was used by Tokyo Gas Co.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ENERGY and the environment are probably the hottest policy topics for the European Union (EU) at the moment, with climate change and dependence on imported energy supplies foremost in the mind of EU leaders. As a result, any initiatives that tackle both problems at the same time are likely to receive a hearty welcome in Brussels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE IRISH government has received the latest in a long string of censures from the European Court of Justice for failing to comply with European Union (EU) environmental legislation. In this instance Dublin was condemned for not implementing directive 2003/4/EC guaranteeing public access to environmental information, which was supposed to have been written onto its statute book by February 2005.…