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ALGAL R&D DEMONSTRATES MOMENTUM
BY ROBERT STOKES
ALGAE have been heralded as the universal raw material of the future for biofuels, agricultural feed, nutritional supplements, biochemicals and cosmetics. They gobble up CO2, can clean up waste water, and many will thrive in seawater when the fresh variety is usually limited to the sunnier climes where algae can be grown more cheaply.…
BRUSSELS CONSIDERS MANDATORY RECYCLING LAWS, BUT INDUSTRY WARNS ABOUT IMPACT OF INCREASED TAXATION
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
WHILE laws that would require European Union (EU) member states, consumers and producers to increase the amount of raw materials recycled and re-used from waste streams are being considered by the European Commission, one industry expert warns that increasing taxes on waste could have a negative impact.…
CHINA 'GUTTER OIL' SCANDALS A BOON TO BIOFUELS; BUT COLLECTION REMAINS DIFFICULT
BY MARK GODFREY, IN BEIJING
DINERS in Beijing were appalled recently to discover that restaurants on the city’s most famed dining street have been using recycled – or so called ‘gutter’ – cooking oil processed by an underground industry of oil collectors.…
ALGAL R&D DEMONSTRATES MOMENTUM
BY ROBERT STOKES
ALGAE have been heralded as the universal raw material of the future for biofuels, agricultural feed, nutritional supplements, biochemicals and cosmetics. They gobble up CO2, can clean up waste water, and many will thrive in seawater when the fresh variety is usually limited to the sunnier climes where algae can be grown more cheaply.…
EU SIGNALS POTENTIAL WTO ACTION IF IMPORTERS BAN EUROPEAN MEAT OVER SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has signalled it is prepared to launch World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes actions should non-EU governments impose import bans on European meat and livestock over Schmallenberg Virus outbreaks. A meeting of the EU’s Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health late last week (Thursday and Friday) concluded such restrictions would be "disproportionate and scientifically unjustified".…
EU ROUND UP - BRUSSELS THREATENS COURT ACTION OVER GAS DIRECTIVE FAILURES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is coming down hard on European Union (EU) member states which have yet to sufficiently liberalise their natural gas industries, breaching the EU gas directive, agreed as long ago as 2009.
It has sent legal final warnings to Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Spain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania and Slovakia saying they have two months to show how they will comply, or face possible cases at the European Court of Justice (ECJ).…
OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY MOVES FAST FROM THE FRINGE TO THE MAINSTREAM
BY ALAN OSBORN
OFFSHORE wind energy has moved with astonishing speed from being little more than an environmentalist’s dream a few years ago to a vast industry set to provide 4% of Europe’s electricity by 2020 with commensurate growth in jobs, associated industries and port development.…
RESEARCH INTO SAFER CHROME PLATING COULD BOOST DEMAND FOR CHROMIUM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DEMAND for chromium could receive a boost from European Union (EU)-funded research that has used nanotechnology to help fix chrome finishes onto plastic materials to make auto parts look classy, while reducing vehicle weight, has been hailed as a success.…
CHINA STARTS DEVELOPING ORGANIC MEAT SECTOR
BY MARK GODFREY, IN BEIJING
CHINA’S growing numbers of wealthier consumers are now being targeted by local brands producing meat to organic standards but at prices to match and according to a flurry of standards that can be confusing to understand.…
DENMARK CONFERENCE TOLD EUROPE MUST RAISE ITS STANDARDS ON MEAT INSPECTIONS
BY LEAH GERMAIN
VETERINARY and meat industry experts have called on meat producers across Europe to improve the quality of their meat inspections to meet current and planned tougher European Union (EU) standards. They met at an EU meat inspection conference in Copenhagen to discuss how to respond to new proposed guidelines for improved meat inspections being developed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).…