Overview of the Leather Industry and Pollution Impact

The growing awareness of the human and environmental vulnerability, to the pollution resulting from industrial activity, highlights the urgent need for control and mitigate the degradation of the world as we know it. The leather industry, considered as one of the industries with a significant enviro...

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Autor principal:	Vânia Silva
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Universidade do Porto 2021
Materias:	leather tanning pollution environmental impact chromium tanning Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TA1-2040 Technology (General) T1-995
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b28acbaec3bd45bf9427cb4f5b5b520a2021-11-26T12:34:57ZOverview of the Leather Industry and Pollution Impact2183-649310.24840/2183-6493_007.004_0001https://doaj.org/article/b28acbaec3bd45bf9427cb4f5b5b520a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalengineering.fe.up.pt/index.php/upjeng/article/view/666https://doaj.org/toc/2183-6493The growing awareness of the human and environmental vulnerability, to the pollution resulting from industrial activity, highlights the urgent need for control and mitigate the degradation of the world as we know it. The leather industry, considered as one of the industries with a significant environmental impact, applies several chemicals, some of them considered as hazardous chemicals, such as chromium, in leather production. The restricted EU environmental regulations have driven the search for a process that ensures regulatory compliance and a final product that fulfills society’s requirements. The present review describes alternative options, applied in the leather tanning process in the last five years, to overcome some of the industry barriers, without compromising the final characteristics of leather.Vânia SilvaUniversidade do Portoarticleleathertanning pollutionenvironmental impactchromium tanningEngineering (General). Civil engineering (General)TA1-2040Technology (General)T1-995ENU.Porto Journal of Engineering, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 1-15 (2021)
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description	The growing awareness of the human and environmental vulnerability, to the pollution resulting from industrial activity, highlights the urgent need for control and mitigate the degradation of the world as we know it. The leather industry, considered as one of the industries with a significant environmental impact, applies several chemicals, some of them considered as hazardous chemicals, such as chromium, in leather production. The restricted EU environmental regulations have driven the search for a process that ensures regulatory compliance and a final product that fulfills society’s requirements. The present review describes alternative options, applied in the leather tanning process in the last five years, to overcome some of the industry barriers, without compromising the final characteristics of leather.
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Overview of the Leather Industry and Pollution Impact

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