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Abigail Clare
- Feb 12, 2021
- 7 min
Waste Reduction in the Leather Industry 2/3 – Utilising Leather Solid Wastes in Other Industries:
By A. Clare Approximately 6.5 million tons of wet-salted hides/skins are processed worldwide every year. For every ton of raw material,...
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Abigail Clare
- Jan 22, 2021
- 4 min
Waste Reduction in the Leather Industry 1/3 - By-products and their Potential Application in Leather
By A. Clare The term ‘by-product’ forms the core of the leather industry – the hides/skins from which leather is made are, economically,...
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Abigail Clare
- Jan 8, 2021
- 4 min
Degradation of Vegetable-tanned Leathers Part 2: - The Marine Environment:
By A. Clare Degradation of Vegetable-tanned Leathers Part 2: - The Marine Environment: The application of vegtans in leather making is...
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Abigail Clare
- Dec 18, 2020
- 5 min
Degradation of Vegetable-tanned Leathers - Part 1
By A. Clare Vegetable tanning agents (vegtans) were used for thousands of years until 1885 when the discovery of the versatile nature of...
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Abigail Clare
- Nov 23, 2020
- 4 min
“Vegan” leather and the marine environment.
“Vegan” leather and the marine environment: By A. Clare Since the rise in veganism, the demand for a vegan leather material has...
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