Although still at an early stage, importantly, it replaces the PU and PVC used in such leather with bio-based binders and eco-friendly chemicals.Traditional recycled leather combines shredded scraps and residual leather fibres with synthetic, non-biodegradable binders. Much of it contains harmful chemical residues, such as chromium VI, which result from the tanning processคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. These chemical residuals are carried through in the conventional recycling process.

But the new reProLeather prototype has tackled this major issue for the industry.H&M Foundation and HKRITA’s Planet First programme claims to have come up with “a new technology to separate the chromium VI from the shredded leather fibres and create a bio-based, alternative to the PU and PVC binders, thereby creating a new form of recycled leather that is biodegradable and recyclable”.The reProLeather has “successfully restructured post-consumer leather fibres into leather sheets in its research stage,” they said. And HKRITA is now looking for industry partners “to optimise production properties and enhance functions, paving the way for improved industry applicability in the future”.Christiane Dolva, Strategy Lead at H&M Foundation said: “As a philanthropic change agent for the entire industry, we take risks to unlock needed solutions with the ambition to find technologies that can contribute to a planet positive fashion future. reProLeather could be one of these solutionsคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. I hope to see it scale soon.”