Abu Alam, a worker of a tannery belonging to a famous brand, has been residing in a slum in Hajaribag for five years. He has been suffering from gastrointestinal and dermatological problems.

Violating the laid norms, the Punjab Effluent Treatment Society has been operating a common effluent treatment plant at the Leather Complex here without having requisite permission from the polluti

The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has taken to legal recourse against tanneries operating from the Leather Complex here.

A mobile court yesterday sealed off four factories at Hazaribagh for using tannery waste in poultry and fish feed that contains hazardous chemical chromium.

Many international companies don't give adequate attention to pollution caused by their supply chains in China, although they have contributed a lot to China's pollution, a new report says.

DHAKA: Bangladesh imposed a radical new "green tax" on Thursday to force polluting factories to pay extra levies as it looks to clean up the country's increasingly dirty rivers and air.

The relocation will be made in several phases and will take time before all the tanneries are shifted

Earning from leather industry in Pakistan is 13,000 million per year. It is the third largest export sector of Pakistan whereas Kasur is the second largest leather producing city of Punjab.