Tamil Nadu Environment Minister Siva V. Meyyanathan and Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to India H.E Ugo Astuto, on Wednesday, launched an EU-India sustainability project for leather clusters in the State.
The project— ‘Promoting circularity in the Tamil Nadu leather clusters for solid waste management’— is a 42-month initiative that is funded by the EU under its SWITCH-Asia Programme, which promotes sustainable consumption and production across the Asia-Pacific region.
It aims at promoting circular market-based models by establishing pilot demonstrations on environmentally sustainable leather processing practices and creating capacities among small and medium-sized enterprises’ tanneries and their industry partners.
