Recyclable leather refers to the artificial leather, synthetic leather production materials are part or all by the waste material, after recycling and reprocessing made of resin or leather base cloth for the production of finished artificial leather.
Along with the continuous development of the world, the earth’s environmental pollution is becoming more and more serious, people’s environmental protection consciousness began to awaken, as a new, resource recycling and reuse of leather, recycled leather into people’s lives, realizing the environmental protection and fashion of the fantastic linkage!
Characteristics of recycled leather：
Recycled leather has the characteristics of both genuine leather and PU leather, and is a very versatile leather fabric nowadays. The same as leather, recycled leather has moisture absorption, breathability, good workmanship also has the same softness, elasticity, lightweight, extreme high and low temperature resistance, wear-resistant. Its shortcoming is that its strength is worse than the same thickness of leather, of course, also worse than PU leather, not suitable for shoe uppers and other leather goods under greater force. As the production process of recycled leather is more flexible and can be adjusted in real time, so by increasing the amount of natural latex and changing the process formula, we can also make a variety of products with different softness and hardness and strength to make up for its own shortcomings. Its later surface treatment and PU leather similar, in the surface texture and color on the regeneration of leather is not only renovation, new products emerge endlessly through. More importantly, it is very competitive price, only one tenth of the real leather, PU leather three times, very super value, cost-effective.
Recyclable recycled leather manufacturing:
Recyclable leather manufacturing is very simple. Leather waste will be torn and ground into fibers, and then natural latex and synthetic latex and other adhesives, pressed into a sheet of individual materials, it can replace the natural leather made of leather shoes, the inner sole, the main heel and the head of the bag, but also made into a car seat and so on. The shape of recycled leather can be made according to the demand. It is not only stronger, but also lightweight, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant.
Leather trimmings can also be made into foam leather together with plastic. It has the abrasion resistance of plastic, but also has the elasticity of leather and good non-slip, wearing comfortable and firm. According to the calculation, if 10000T waste leather dregs to make this kind of leather, then can save the number of polyvinyl chloride resin, equivalent to an annual output of 3000 tons of polyvinyl chloride factory three years of production.
The use of shoes, leather parts and leather factory of the edge of the remnants of the material selection, pre-treatment, crushed into leather pulp, and then add latex, sulfur, accelerator, activator and a series of cooperating agent, fully mixed and dispersed uniformly, placed in a long net machine, after dehydration, drying, lightening, and other processes that is the finished product. Recyclable leather can be used as the main heel and inner sole of leather shoes, the tongue of hats and bicycle seat cushions and other materials.
Recycled leather and environmental protection:
According to the statistics of relevant environmental protection organizations, more than 10% of global carbon emissions are caused by the traditional leather production process, and after layers of processing leather is often difficult to decompose naturally.
Related recycled leather production data show that the whole recycled leather production process than natural leather production process can reduce the production of more harmful substances to save water up to 90%.
Recycled leather is a good balance between the human demand for leather products and the urgent need for environmental protection. Compared with the leather and artificial leather, recycled leather to realize the recycling of resources, more green environmental protection, in line with the international ecological concept, has been recognized by many enterprises and widely used in dry products gradually occupy the traditional leather products market share.
Post time: Jan-08-2025
