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Eco friendly tanning cycle (LIFETAN)
Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,
...s and technologies for the degreasing, fatliquoring, bating (softening), dyeing and tanning phases of leather production. It will build on the results of previous LIFE projects that substituted toxic chemicals used during the leather tanning cycle to produce significantly more sustainable products. In particular, the project will:
Use natural fatliquoring and degreasing products that do not exce ...
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Environmentally friendly natural products instead of chemical products in the degreasing phase of the tanning cycle (LIFE ECODEFATTING)
Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,
Background
In the EU, about 235 000 t of leather are produced annually, with Italy and Spain the main producing countries.
Products of petrochemical origin, and in particular chlorinated compounds, have been widely used in the leather defatting process. They are preferred mainly because of their chemical stability, low cost and good performance. Yet, the ...
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Naturalised dyes replacing commercial colorants for environmentally friendly leather dyeing and water recycle (Life BioNaD)
Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,
...n recent years following the availability of a wider range of dyeing products from dyestuff manufacturers. An estimated 2.3 million tonnes/yr of dyestuff are produced globally. This dyestuff is often chemically complex and heterogeneous in nature, which can present environmental hazard risks. Dyeing effluents released into wastewater may contain up to 50% of the dye used to set dye baths. Therefor ...
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Anti-infective environmental friendly molecules against plant pathogenic bacteria for reducing Cu (Life After-Cu)
Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2015,
Background
The control of bacterial diseases in plants is largely based on the use of copper salts, which are some of the few chemicals still allowed in organic agriculture. However, copper derivatives do not degrade in the environment and their tendency to accumulate in soil and water poses a serious threat to a wide range of organisms and micro-organism ...
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Low cost sorbent for reducing mercury emissions (SOREME)
Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2014,
Background
Every year, more than 2 000 tonnes of mercury are released into the air through human activity; some 340 tonnes/year of this comes from Europe. The most toxic form of mercury released into the environment is elemental or methyl mercury (MeHg), a bioaccumulative neurotoxin. Elemental mercury is insoluble in water and cannot be captured effective ...
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Environmentally friendly natural products instead of chloroparaffines in the fatting phase of the tanning cycle (ECOFATTING)
Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2013,
Background
Chloroparaffin has been widely used in the leather-fatting process owing to its chemical stability, low cost and good performance. Today, however, the requirement to meet high environmental standards means that its use is limited. Chloroparaffin has low biodegradability and a high chlorine content. The EU produces some 150 million m2/year of ca ...
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