Leather Pipeline: Cooperation is the only thing that will halt the demise
28/05/2019
“Trimming everything that cannot be used for specific leather productions as early as possible is a big step forward. This prevents waste along the production chain and the dream of many tanners to maximise cutting yields by reducing unusable input is beginning to be an option.”
However, he feels the entire supply chain, from meat producers to finished goods brands, must sit down and discuss how they can tackle the problem of material going to waste.
On the plus side for some, “there has never been a time when material was so abundant and so cheap”.
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