Eco Leather Has Been Implemented For Many Years Without A Trend. Low Carbon Environmental Protection Has Become A Slogan.

　　 Leatherwear Chrome tanning preparations used in industrial tanning often result in residual chromium in heavy metals. Tanned leather is used to process leather waste products such as leather shoes, leather goods, leather belts, etc., and is then sold to pharmaceutical enterprises to make pharmaceutical capsules.

While we are careful to "poison" from the mouth, we can not help asking whether we can safely use tanning products made from chrome tanning products. Is there any alternative technology?

　　 Eco leather Why is it known for many years?

It is understood that in recent years, the technical barriers to the leather industry are particularly prominent. Some harmful chemicals such as tanning agents, dyes and finishing agents were added to the leather making process. The introduction of these chemicals may cause some toxic and harmful substances in the final leather products. For example, six valent chromium is recognized as carcinogenic substance. Long term contact with skin can poison human skin, nervous system and endocrine system. In addition, it is easily absorbed by the skin, resulting in chronic skin rashes and ulceration.

In recent China Leather Industry Association's 2012 economic operation of China Leather Industry and the dermarking logo brand conference, hundreds of industry top brand enterprises including Kangnai, BELLE and AOKANG jointly launched the initiative, calling on the industry to respond to consumers' demand for "green low carbon" products, practice environmental protection, use "eco leather" and create "green ecological" industrial chain.

"Eco leather" is the certification trademark of the Leather Association of China on the basis of the "leather logo" in 2003, which is suitable for Eco finished leather. It has made clear requirements for the cleanliness of the finished leather production process and the Ecologicalization of product properties.

It is understood that at present, 45 leather enterprises have obtained the qualification of "ecological leather", accounting for about 1/8 of the total leather output of the country. However, a reporter who has reported this industry for many years revealed that "eco leather" began to promote as early as 2003, but there has been no sound. Consumers seldom hear about the concept of "ecological leather". In the subsequent interviews with reporters, most people said they did not understand.

Internal and external difficulties, ecological leather is the first step in transformation and upgrading

Why was it launched again after it disappeared? It had to start with the whole leather industry, which is now in a difficult situation.

According to the director of the China Light Industry Information Center, it is revealed that with the spread of the international financial crisis and the European debt crisis, weak external demand, coupled with soaring domestic raw material and labor costs, labor shortage, exchange rate fluctuations and financing loans, enterprises are trapped in "internal and external difficulties". "The export growth rate of China's leather industry has obviously slowed down, and the total export volume in the first quarter of 2012 was 14 billion 180 million yuan, up 1.13% from the same period last year, down 20.67% from the end of 2011." He said that taking the US market as an example, as the first buyer of Chinese footwear, footwear imported from China accounted for 85.3% of the total imports of footwear in the United States in 2011. Although the market was still firmly in the top of the market, its share had dropped to its lowest level in 7 years.

"Transformation and upgrading is the way out." Su Chaoying, director of the China Leather Association, said, "building a" green ecological "industrial chain requires the whole industry to cooperate with the upstream and downstream enterprises. He believes that the promotion of priority procurement of leather products that qualify for "eco leather" is only a start. To achieve sustainable development, the leather industry must upgrade to the goal of "green ecology" from inside to outside.

Brand building requires consumers' value identification.

"Chinese enterprises must get rid of the hat of low technology and low added value." A participant told reporters that brand building is very important. He said that the brand of genuine leather label has been launched for eight consecutive years, and indeed a number of brands have been recognized by more and more people. This is the first time that children's shoes enterprises have been added. It is undoubtedly a guarantee and a spur to the safety and quality of products. But he also showed concern: "most consumers are more concerned about what brand it is, and whether it is beautiful or cheap. It may not be concerned about whether the product itself is green or healthy in the course of production and use. He believes that the use of "eco leather" means more expensive prices, and consumers may not be willing to accept it. "If the brand can not be linked to the benefits, it will also hurt the enthusiasm of the producers."

According to reports, the environmental protection organization recently released a report that Adidas, Nike, Lining, H&M and CK and other well-known clothing products on the residual toxic and harmful substances in the washing process will be released in large quantities, the discharge of such water into rivers, lakes and oceans, will greatly damage people's health. This is not the first time that a well-known clothing brand has been poisoned. However, according to the reporter's observation at shopping malls, buyers are still in hot pursuit.

If consumers do not attach importance to green consumption, consumers will probably become an accomplice of environmental pollution and threats to their health.