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The Italian tanning industry<\/strong>, a symbol of quality<\/strong> and experience<\/strong> all over the world, is one of the most engaged in the product sustainability<\/strong> management and in reducing the waste<\/strong> of non-renewable resources, along with reducing the environmental impact of leather production in the areas surrounding the production facilities. <\/span><\/p>\n The logic of re-use can be found as early as raw materials<\/strong>, which derives from wastes of the meat industry<\/strong>. The tanning industry, therefore, reuses and processes what in another industry would be a waste with a rather complex disposal. In fact, most of the wastes of the tanning industry are destined for recovery<\/strong>: around 76%, according to 2016 estimates, a percentage that rises to 84% if all production waste is considered. Here are a few examples that demonstrate this model of reuse.<\/span><\/p>\n Flashing<\/strong>, the waste removed from hides before tanning, is processed to obtain hydrolysed proteins that are used to produce special fertilisers<\/strong>, which are totally biodegradable<\/strong> and pose no risk to public health or the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Other waste, also rich in protein, is used to make products for the food supply chain<\/strong> such as collagen<\/strong>, artificial casings<\/strong>, gelatine<\/strong>, and food protein<\/strong>. When not suitable for food consumption, they can be processed into technical gelatines and glues.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Another interesting processing of tanning waste is the sludge<\/strong> from the treatment of wastewater<\/strong>, which, mixed with calcium carbonate, is used in granulates for construction<\/strong> and in the creation of bitumen for asphalts<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n The trend to invest in innovative technologies<\/strong> and in the reduction of resource use<\/strong> is increasingly widespread in the leather processing industry. The Italian tannery can be considered as one of the most important models that demonstrates how a great attention to the whole production process<\/strong> is fundamental to create a quality leather and at the same time, pay attention to how you exploit the environment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n The Italian tanning industry, a symbol of quality and experience all over the world, is one of the most engaged in the product sustainability management and in reducing the waste of non-renewable resources, along with reducing the environmental impact of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journal-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.italialounge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.italialounge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.italialounge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.italialounge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.italialounge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3193"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.italialounge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7947,"href":"https:\/\/www.italialounge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions\/7947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.italialounge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.italialounge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.italialounge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.italialounge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/span>The tanning industry, therefore, reuses and processes what in another industry would be a waste with a rather complex disposal.<\/span><\/p>\n
The peculiarity of this industry is precisely refining and making valuable<\/strong> what would in fact be a waste material<\/strong>, implementing a sustainable circular pattern<\/strong> with a sense of responsibility towards the community.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.italialounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/PelleRiuso_template_700x510-1.jpg\")
The shavings<\/strong>, trimmings<\/strong> and various waste<\/strong> products are subjected to thermal or enzymatic hydrolysis processes<\/strong>, thanks to which high quality fertilisers<\/strong> can be obtained.<\/span><\/p>\n
The processing of these by-products of the tanning industry also produces proteins that are useful in the creation of the so-called intelligent fertilisers<\/strong>, defined in this way because they are biostimulant and improve the physical characteristics of the soil.
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