Good for your business – Good for your environment
Enviro-Leather is made by bonding leather fibres which would otherwise go into landfills. This is then processed to create high quality products using environmentally friendly recycled content.
How is bonded leather made?
Genuine leather cuttings from factories and tanneries are recycled to manufacture an environmentally friendly material. This innovative leather-fibre material is named ‘Enviro-Leather’. Another benefit of using Enviro-Leather is that it is more durable and hardwearing than natural leather, it is also more cost effective.
Bonded leather is produced in a similar process to paper manufacturing. Leather scraps are dispersed in water and are shredded and milled by special grinders to free the leather fibres. Mixing these fibres with natural latex binders and other additives, a leather fibre pulp is produced. The pulp is then continuously poured and processed on a web, which is then dried and reduced to a uniform thickness. The surface is then embossed with a grain to make it look like natural leather and finally a polyurethane coating is applied to give a soft feel and rich colour.