Unmade in India

Leather standards exist for export only

Eviction notice

Deadline extended

The return of leather weather

THE WORLD'S LEATHER AND LEATEHR PRODUCTS INDUSTRY: A STUDY OF PRODUCTION, TRADE PATTERNS AND FUTURE TRENDS by Robert H Ballance, Ghislain Robyn …

De-hairing hide without polluting

Clarizyme is a new biodegradedable enzyme produced by the Central Leather Research Institute in Madras as a replacement for substances used in …

Artisans the untold story

Despair and devastation stare India's artisans in their face, as resource crunch, modern civilisation and government apathy combine in an …

Goodwill treatment

FLUSHING OUT

Not just skin-deep

Bull's eye

Tan it green

International pressure and indigenous ingenuity notwithstanding, the Tamil Nadu leather industry is reluctant to cure itself of its callousness

Tannery menace

Effluents pollute Kalingarayan canal in Tamil Nadu

The missing link

Holy river?

Even untreated sewage water in Norway is cleaner than the water flowing in the Ganga

INDONESIA

Artisans the untold story

Despair and devastation stare India's artisans in their face, as resource crunch, modern civilisation and government apathy combine in an …

Hide industry's green tan

TANNERIES TO PAY

Fund lathers

But leather industry may pollute more

Young scientists in Kolkata make leather out of fish skin

College duo comes up with eco-friendly tanning process

NOTICE TO TANNERIES

Wielding the rod

Three US retail chains drop sale of Indian leather. Reason: cruel killing of animals in India

GIVING DIRECTIONS

Highrise in loose mud

Dharavi resettlement creates a windfall for builders. Cost: local entrepreneurship

Court curbs Ganga polluters in Bihar, Bengal

Sugar and paper mills in Bihar and tanneries in West Bengal have been penalised by the Supreme Court for continuing to discharge untreated waste …