Chen Zhanguang: 5 Problems And Solutions For Leather Industry

"Our country Leatherwear The industry is currently facing environmental pressures such as emissions and heavy metals. The cost of raw materials, labor and other factors has increased. The domestic and international market environment is not conducive to the impact of the upstream leather making enterprises. "Yesterday's 2014 China Leather Industry Development Forum and the China Leather Association's tannery Specialized Committee annual meeting, Chen Zhanguang, Deputy Secretary General of the China Leather Association, pointed out in the briefing on the leather industry's key issues." six price chromium, chromium containing leftover materials, tanned leather leftover materials, comprehensive sludge and chromium sludge, and high price of raw materials are the 5 important issues facing the industry. "

Chen Zhanguang said that the tannery industry itself does not use six valent chromium, and has always been included in the six price chromium emission key industry, because the statistics of six chromium is large.

Chromium containing leftover materials have been blocked in the national hazardous waste list due to being included in the national list of hazardous wastes. Chen Zhanguang gave China Leather Association's solution to this problem.

First, the association proposed to the Ministry of environmental protection to realize the utilization of chrome leather waste, and actively strive to remove it from the national hazardous waste list. In this regard, the China Leather Association organized experts to communicate with the solid part of the Ministry of environmental protection in 2013.

In September 2014, the Ministry of environmental protection carried out the revision of the national list of hazardous wastes and issued a letter entitled "soliciting the national hazardous waste list (Revised Draft)" (circular 2014) No. 1111. The China Leather Association formally put forward proposals in late September. At the same time, it also communicated with the Ministry of industry, the development and Reform Commission, the Federation of light industry and academician Shi Bi, and put forward the opinions of the association through the above channels.

Second, Reference In 2013, the China Leather Association continued to communicate and follow up with the Ministry of environmental protection on the resource utilization of chrome containing leather scrap. In April 11, 2014, the Ministry of environmental protection formally issued the notice on the implementation of the project (circular letter 2014 [411]).

The leather leftover before tanning is exposed by media because of improper management. It is restricted as raw material for edible and medicinal gelatin. In July 2014, the China Leather Association discussed with the gelatin Association and the national food safety risk assessment center of the state health planning commission how to promote the common norms of tanning enterprises and edible gelatin enterprises, so as to ensure the safe disposal and utilization of the leftover materials before tanning.

In the next step, the association will join the gelatin Association and the national food safety risk assessment center of the National Health Planning Commission, organize the tannery enterprises to communicate with the edible gelatin enterprises to discuss the feasibility of the "tanning leather leftover management regulations".

Since there is no limit on the chromium content of the comprehensive sludge and chromium sludge, the law enforcement authorities in some areas believe that as long as the qualified sludge is considered as chromium containing sludge, it should be treated according to the hazardous waste. Chen Zhanguang said that the solution to this problem is to establish the chromium content standard of chromium containing sludge, and enterprises can standardize the management according to the standards, so as to solve the worries of the industry.

Faced with the high price of raw materials and the problems of raw materials trade, China Leather Association is actively engaged with the American Leather Association. Communicate And signed a memorandum of understanding in April this year to build communication channels, strengthen communication between the two sides, and respond to the demands of tanning enterprises. In the next 9-10 months, we will organize communication sessions in China or the United States.

In addition, the association is also promoting the ICT (International Leather Council) and ICHSLTA (International Leather Trade Commission) in protecting the interests of tanning enterprises.

The association standardizes the import of raw leather through environmental protection. The Ministry of environmental protection and the General Administration of quality supervision and inspection (qqsiq) consider the adoption of environmental protection thresholds to regulate the import of raw leather, and the best way is to check environmental protection. But at present, there are more than 300 enterprises that import raw leather, and only more than 80 enterprises have passed environmental protection verification. This is also a direction for the association to continue its hard work in the future.