Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This review article discusses the importance of leather as a durable byproduct of livestock production and the sustainability practices in the leather industry. It highlights chemical safety, carbon footprint reduction, renewable materials, and ethical sourcing. The potential for innovation in Kazakhstan's leather industry, the benefits of a circular economy, and the challenges posed by synthetic alternatives are covered. There is tremendous potential to produce value-added products like leather, gelatine, collagen, poultry and fish feed, and organic fertilizers from slaughterhouse wastes and leather industry wastes.
Source: Mechanics and Technologies
DOI: 10.55956/tjlv4018
Author: V.J. Sundar
Institution: Central Leather Research Institute
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4408238629