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A new Australian research hub has embarked on a mission to address the environmental challenges posed by the textile industry with funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC). The sector is one of the world’s largest polluters: textile finishing and dyeing processes alone account for a staggering one-fifth of industrial water pollution worldwide and contribute 3% of global carbon emissions, according to a European Parliament report.…

The global snus market is facing change, with consumers switching within the segment from traditional moist snuff products to non-tobacco nicotine pouches while key consumer markets in Europe are being impacted by regulatory uncertainty.

“Moist snuff sales have been declining since 2018.…

The newly elected president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has told Just Style he is committed to spearheading initiatives to improve the overall performance of the country’s RMG industry, boosting competitiveness and sustainability. SM Mannan Kochi took charge on April 6, along with 34 fellow directors for a 2024-2026 term, after competitive elections when Mannan’s Sammilito Parishad bloc won all 35 directorship positions in the BGMEA elections held March 9.…

The impact on criminality and money laundering of the comprehensive legislation of cannabis in Canada in 2018 is becoming better understood – while an expanding legal sector is squeezing an illegal market, illicit sales are still large. This is fuelling concern that criminals may be working with the legal sector.…

Despite the impact of climate change, weak domestic markets and under-developed final product processing, Malawi’s farmers still regard dairy production positively and are embracing good livestock husbandry practices to increase return on investment.

Malawians are keen on milk and dairy products, but the sector is currently cannot meet demand to the 19 million population as dairy processing is nascent.…

The Indian food industry is expecting little change in the government policy after the general elections, which are likely to bring Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) party back to power in early June. Although most business executives speaking to Just Food are extremely cautious of not being critical of the government, all of them have called for a reduction in sales tax on smaller -sized consumer food packs.…

The European Parliament and EU Council of Ministers are debating plans to streamline European Union (EU) chemical assessment controls, notably creating a new central chemical risk database to be run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). This will subsume some existing EU chemical databases, such as the Information Platform for Chemical Monitoring (IPCHEM), a repository of reference values and a database of study notifications, into its new system.…

While beer consumption in Slovakia is not as high as neighbouring Czechia (which has the world’s highest per-capita beer drinking), it is still the 13th highest worldwide at 79.9 litres per person annually (2022 figures) (1).

So, it is no surprise that Crown Holdings, one of the world’s largest producers of metal packaging, continues to invest in its beverage can plant in Kechnec, eastern Slovakia.…

THE MANDATORY rollout of deposit and return systems (DRS) within the European Union (EU) and an obligatory 90% collection of metal beverage containers (of up to three litres) target by 2029 should boost packaging collection and reduce litter across Europe. These principles have now been enshrined, after much debate – in the EU’s packaging and packaging waste regulation (PPWR), first proposed in November 2022 (1), which is close to securing formal approval.…

Textile factories need to start modernising immediately, not in the future – or they risk becoming obsolete in the face of new standards, new technology and increasing sustainability regulations a comprehensive European Union (EU) funded report has advised. ‘The Modern Textile Factory Report’ (1), compiled and led by Porto, Portugal-based Smartex, which offers digital and AI solutions to textile manufacturers with the aim of “empowering factories to produce with full traceability and zero waste” warned of an “approaching commercial and regulatory storm”.…