Bonded leather is recycled leather fibers. The leather fibers all come from cow hides.
It is recycled leather fibers made from tannery waste that would otherwise go to a land fill. In the tannery where leather is made, cattle hides are brought to a specific thickness by shaving the back side of the hide. The fibers shaved off the hide are used to make bonded leather.
By making bonded leather, we are recycling (or upcycling) tannery waste fibers. Cromwell recycles between three and five tons of leather fibers per day.