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Eco friendly tanning cycle (LIFETAN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Background The European Union leather industry, 70% of which is located in Italy and Spain, represents a significant share of global production and is an important economic sector for the whole EU. However, leather production is traditionally responsible for heavy environmental impacts. In particular, industrial leather tanning entails significant use of: ...
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Footwear Carbon Footprint (LIFE CO2SHOE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Background In recent years, there has been growing awareness and concern about environmental issues, particularly those related to climate change. More and more industrial and economic sectors are monitoring the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions they are releasing into the atmosphere – notably carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N ...
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Functional textiles and leathers by innovative MLSE process (LIFE TEXTILEATHER)

Start date: Jun 2, 2014, End date: May 31, 2017,

Background The textile and leather sectors are water-intensive. According to the Best Available Techniques reference document (BREF) for the textile industry, in mills finishing cotton woven fabrics, waste water flows can range from 50 to 200 litres/kg, depending on the efficiency of the equipment at the textile facility. The main environmental concern is ...
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RECOVERY OF TANNERY WASTES FOR FUNCTIONAL MICROENCAPSULATED PRODUCTS (LIFE MICROTAN)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Background The tanning industry treats animal skins to produce durable leather products. It generates large volumes of by-products and waste materials, which can cause significant negative environmental impacts. The advancement of European policy and legislation protecting the environment has encouraged the exploration of ways to transform tannery waste m ...
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Environmentally friendly natural products instead of chemical products in the degreasing phase of the tanning cycle (LIFE ECODEFATTING)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Background In the EU, about 235 000 t of leather are produced annually, with Italy and Spain the main producing countries. Products of petrochemical origin, and in particular chlorinated compounds, have been widely used in the leather defatting process. They are preferred mainly because of their chemical stability, low cost and good performance. Yet, the ...
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Promotion of best available techniques in the European footwear and tanning sectors (LIFE SHOEBAT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Background In recent years, growing awareness of the unsustainable use of natural resources, together with a greater environmental awareness generally, has led many companies to initiate efforts to improve their environmental performance and develop more sustainable production processes. The tanning and footwear production sectors play an important role ...
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Naturalised dyes replacing commercial colorants for environmentally friendly leather dyeing and water recycle (Life BioNaD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

Background The core activity of the leather industry has expanded in recent years following the availability of a wider range of dyeing products from dyestuff manufacturers. An estimated 2.3 million tonnes/yr of dyestuff are produced globally. This dyestuff is often chemically complex and heterogeneous in nature, which can present environmental hazard ris ...
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Environmentally friendly natural products instead of chloroparaffines in the fatting phase of the tanning cycle (ECOFATTING)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Background Chloroparaffin has been widely used in the leather-fatting process owing to its chemical stability, low cost and good performance. Today, however, the requirement to meet high environmental standards means that its use is limited. Chloroparaffin has low biodegradability and a high chlorine content. The EU produces some 150 million m2/year of ca ...
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Environmentally friendly oxazolidine-tanned leather (OXATAN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

Background Chrome tannage is the most commonly used technology for the production of tanned leathers, used in the case of more than 90% of leathers tanned worldwide. The process of chrome tannage uses trivalent chromium, a substance that under specific conditions could oxidise to hexavalent chromium. Hexavalent chromium, however, is harmful to the environ ...
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Promotion of Environmental Legislation among European Footwear Industries (SHOELAW)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

Background Many small- and medium-size companies in Europe operate within a business culture that does not consider the environment as part of a medium- and long-term development strategy. Incorporating environmental factors into these industries invariably arises as a result of pressure from relevant authorities. Environmental legislation, however, is no ...
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Promotion of the european eco-label for footwear (ECOFOOT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2002, End date: Mar 31, 2005,

Background Eco-labelling is a means of informing consumers about which products are environmentally friendly. Criteria or requirements that must be fulfilled to obtain the eco-label have a clear and concrete objective: to limit the levels of toxic residues and of volatile organic compound emissions, as well as the production of more durable products. ...
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