Leather Processing [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2014.
This OECD Emission Scenario Document (ESD) provides information on the sources, production processes, pathways and use patterns of chemicals used as additives in plastics to assist in the estimation of releases of chemicals to the environment.  
1. Introduction 9 2. Main Processes 11 -2.1 Curing: Hide and skin storage 12 -2.2 Beamhouse operations 13 -2.3 Tanyard operations 13 -2.4 Post-tanning operations 14 -2.5 Finishing 15 3. Chemicals  16 -3.1 Industrial chemicals 16 -3.2 Biocides 18 4. Release Estimation 20 -4.1 Releases from cured hides 20 -4.2 Releases during beamhouse operations 20 -4.3 Releases during tanyard operations 20 -4.4 Releases during post-tanning operations 20 -4.5 Releases during finishing operations 21 -4.6 Releases during other life cycle stages 21 -4.7 Water consumption 21 -4.8 Wastewater treatment 22 -4.9 Solid waste from hide processing to leather 23 -4.10 Solid waste from used leather products 24 5. Branch Specific Parameters 25 -5.1 Daily production volume (Qrawhide) of a representative point source 25 -5.2 Number of working days 25 -5.3 Leather dyeing 25 6. Emission Scenarios 27 -6.1 Emission calculation for industrial chemicals and biocides 28 -6.2 Service life of leather products 29 -6.3 Disposal of leather products 29 7. Examples of Calculation 30 8. Glossary 32 References 34
This OECD Emission Scenario Document (ESD) provides information on the sources, production processes, pathways and use patterns of chemicals used as additives in plastics to assist in the estimation of releases of chemicals to the environment.  
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