[DOC] [TLE] Leather - Wikipedia [PAR] Leather is a durable and flexible material created by tanning animal rawhide and 
skin, often cattle hide. It can be produced at manufacturing scales ranging from 
cottage industry to heavy industry. People use leather to make various goods
including clothing (e.g., shoes, .... Most corrected-grain leather is used to make 
pigmented leather as the solid... [DOC] [TLE] Leather: Animals Abused And Killed for Their Skins | Animals Used ... [PAR] Every year, the global leather industry slaughters more than a billion animals and 
tans their ... (1) Many of these animals endure all the horrors of factory farming
including extreme ... of cows in the dairy industry declines, their skin is made into 
leather. ... Until the late 1800s, animal skin was air- or salt-dried and tanned with
... [DOC] [TLE] Leather looks to greener tanning | Feature | Chemistry World [PAR] Despite a history going back thousands of years, the leather tanning industry is 
still ... Mixed with iron, however, these polyphenolic natural products have 
another use ... 'About 2.5% chromium gives you more stability, in terms of 
hydrothermal ... that we want and can build on to make consumer products,' says 
Covington. [DOC] [TLE] About Leather truth about cruel leather industry environmental cost ... [PAR] Leather is the tanned and chemically treated skins of animals. ... The value of a 
cow's skin is around 10% of the total value, making it the most ... This element is 
likely increasing, as consumers turn against eating meat, yet the quantity of 
leather goods ... The vast majority of these skins are used to make football boots. [DOC] [TLE] Leather, what's ethical and what's not? | TIFF [PAR] Mar 25, 2013 ... The majority of people see leather as a by-product of the meat industry, ... 
Cowhide is the most common material used for leather, making up ... partially due 
to lack of consumer awareness or action on this part of the supply chain  as yet. 
... These veg-tanned leather suppliers are industry leaders but cannot... [DOC] [TLE] A Passion for Leather: USA Made, Vegetable Tanning  Black Bear ... [PAR] Today, 90% of consumer goods are made via Chrome Tanning, a chemical 
process. ... There are two primary forms of leather tanning used to create a 
finished leather hide: ... tanned leather uses only naturally occurring vegetable 
tannins, these ... a patina, where after years of use, they have acquired even 
more character. [DOC] [TLE] Is Leather Sustainable? The Textile Test Series Investigates - Eco ... [PAR] May 13, 2013 ... Regardless, all animal skins can be used to create leather, and humans have 
done ... With increased consumer awareness and demand for a more ethical 
product, many ... Known as vegetable tanning, the leather is soaked in a bath of 
... Vegan substitutes: These items can be made from any of a number of... [DOC] [TLE] Chromium - :: WorstPolluted.org : Projects Reports [PAR] Chromium can be found in many consumer products, including wood treated ... 
Of these, nearly a third are associated with tannery operations, with mining ... 
Tanning is the stage in which raw leather is processed and made more durable 
so that it can be made into various products in the subsequent segment of the 
industry. [DOC] [TLE] The ethical wardrobe: Is it OK to wear leather? | Fashion | The ... [PAR] Aug 26, 2008 ... Many ethical consumers excuse their leather purchases on the ... It's very hard to 
get any statistics as the big meat companies are ... As I have tried to emphasise, if 
none of this troubles you then buying leather goods poses no problem. ... 
Vegetable-tanned or recycled leather is used to make Terra Plana's... [DOC] [TLE] Leather  Design Life-Cycle [PAR] In modern times, leather is widely used for a variety of products, from clothes and 
... campaign in 2012 to urge consumers not to purchase leather, and attempts to 
... Tanning is the chemical process for treating animal skins to produce leather. .... 
The process by which a

Question: Most tanned leather is used to make these consumer products
Answer: shoes