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Environmentally friendly oxazolidine-tanned leather (OXATAN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

Background Chrome tannage is the most commonly used technology for the production of tanned leathers, used in the case of more than 90% of leathers tanned worldwide. The process of chrome tannage uses trivalent chromium, a substance that under specific conditions could oxidise to hexavalent chromium. Hexavalent chromium, however, is harmful to the environ ...
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Promotion of Environmental Legislation among European Footwear Industries (SHOELAW)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

Background Many small- and medium-size companies in Europe operate within a business culture that does not consider the environment as part of a medium- and long-term development strategy. Incorporating environmental factors into these industries invariably arises as a result of pressure from relevant authorities. Environmental legislation, however, is no ...
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Promotion of the european eco-label for footwear (ECOFOOT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2002, End date: Mar 31, 2005,

Background Eco-labelling is a means of informing consumers about which products are environmentally friendly. Criteria or requirements that must be fulfilled to obtain the eco-label have a clear and concrete objective: to limit the levels of toxic residues and of volatile organic compound emissions, as well as the production of more durable products. ...
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