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BY MJ DESCHAMPS

REUSING and reprocessing clothing, fibres and scraps is an effective way to create sustainability in the apparel industry – however, textile recycling is currently facing barriers associated with cost, time, and technology. But, with sustainability gaining increasing importance in every industry, many services are being offered by both apparel manufacturers and other clothing and sector organisations to help improve recycling outputs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed its long-awaited package of measures designed to prevent major oil or gas rig accidents that could pollute European Union (EU) waters. They have been collated into a proposed regulation, which would have to be followed to the letter by member states, if the proposal is approved by MEPs and EU ministers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

Talks between Mexico and China at the World Trade Organization have failed to resolve a dispute over Mexico’s claims that China is illegally subsidising its textile and apparel producers, the Mexican government has told just-style. A spokesperson for Mexico’s ministry of economy said the two days of WTO consultations did not result in a settlement, opening the way for Mexico to request a WTO dispute panel to rule on its claims.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

IN the event of a mining accident, first responders trying to rescue trapped miners are usually thrown into dangerous – and sometimes deadly – situations. With this in mind, robotics engineers worldwide are beginning to develop both remotely controlled and autonomous machines to help eliminate some of the dangers of mining operations and rescues.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD Bank has called on Latin American and Caribbean countries to reform their aviation systems and technology to boost predicted slow growth of air freight. A report predicts cargo traffic between the Latin America/Caribbean and the United States – the most important destination market – will grow 5.8% annually between 2010 and 2027.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel has ruled that Chinese export restrictions on the export of bauxite, coke, fluorspar, magnesium, manganese, silicon metal and zinc break global trade rules. Finding them to be "inconsistent" with the 1994 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the agreement by which China joined the WTO in 2001, the panel said China should "bring the existing measures at issue into conformity with its obligations…" If China ignores this, the WTO could sanction retaliatory trade measures by its key trading partners, notably the USA, European Union (EU) and Mexico, who had instigated WTO disputes proceedings against China over these restrictions.…

BY WANG FANGQING, MINI PANT ZACHARIAH, PACIFICA GODDARD and MARK ROWE

WITH average incomes in the world’s emerging markets starting to approach western levels – at least in major urban areas – drinks companies are catering to increasingly expensive and refined tastes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A PLAN has been released to update or create afresh 31 International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) standards covering offshore oil and gas drilling. Its goal, said ISO "is to help the oil and gas industry prevent or mitigate disasters like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill…" The changes would cover drilling, well construction and well operations standards.…

Dubai-based software developer and information technology consultancy iD1 (SPELLING CHECKED – ‘i’ is lower case) launched two new software solutions for airport security and passenger facilitation at the Dubai Airport Show 2011 on May 31. The company said both high-tech systems "leverage latest advances in biometrics and automated gates to achieve highest levels of security, passenger convenience, and airport facilities optimisation".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigner Greenpeace has used UK Freedom of Information legislation to extract documents from the British Foreign Office to campaign against Arctic oil exploration. It revealed documents warning a Gulf of Mexico-type spill could seriously damage the Arctic because "lower temperatures and…lack of sunlight…[would] inhibit oil eating bacteria…"

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