
Truths and lies about leather lederpiel | May 22, 2019 | Commentary Around the leather industry countless affirmations are made, in many cases not all true. Are animals raised to tan their skins? Can leather be recycled? How polluting is leather tanning? What is the carbon footprint of leather production? To answer these and many other questions, Leather Naturally , an initiative in defense of leather, has produced a document in which it reveals what is true and what is false about everything that is said about the leather industry. Animals are bred for tanning their skins: fake Skin and leather are a by-product of the meat industry. Only a small part of the skins is used in the exotic leather industry, which is, from an ethical point of view, in a "gray area". Leather is a sustainable product: true Leather as a raw material is generated in a renewable way, since consumers w...