Product stewardship for leather industry - LANXESS
26 Oct '05
3 min read
Leverkusen based chemical group LANXESS AG's Leather Unit sets responsible care standard.
The world population now tops six billion, placing a tremendous burden on the environment and natural resources. By converting hides – organic “waste products” from the food industry – into valuable leather, leather manufacturers help to conserve these resources and thus protect the environment, provided, of course, that little new waste is produced during the manufacturing process and the end product is ecologically and toxicologically harmless.
To ensure that this is the case, the Leather Business Unit at LANXESS Deutschland GmbH offers a comprehensive service package that sets new standards for leather industry suppliers worldwide.
The manufacture of processing chemicals for leather production is subject to the same strict specifications, in accordance with ISO 9001/2000 and ISO 14001 certification, at all of LANXESS's sites. Each delivery comes complete with a comprehensive set of documents, such as European or U.S.-standard safety data sheets, even if these are not required by law in the customer's country.
Attention is always drawn to any potentially hazardous components in a product and to the respective statutory requirements.
LANXESS no longer uses particularly critical substances anywhere in the world in the manufacture of products for the leather industry. Such substances, which are either banned by law in Europe or considered tobe technically outdated because of their toxicological potential, include:
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