Tannery shares figures to celebrate World Recycling Day
19/03/2025
Operations at the company’s tannery, in Rouairoux in the Tarn department in southern France, generate 80 tonnes of fleshing waste each year. Rather than consider this material as waste, Raynaud Jeune now processes it into nutrient-rich fertiliser, which it says is contributing to sustainable agriculture.
It is also able to recycle into fertiliser and compost around 500 tonnes of sludge that it collects each year during wastewater treatment.
Finally, it is contributing around 60 tonnes of leather offcuts per year to make materials for use in some aspects of footwear and accessories production. This prolongs the life of more of the leather it makes, Raynaud Jeune said.
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