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The company Silvateam in Italy offers a new vegetable tanning technology to tanneries, which is strictly focused on sustainability. The focus is on eco-friendly products and processes and the brand name is Ecotan and the so produced leather is called Ecotan leather. Ecotan is appliable on all common leather types. The tanning process of Ecotan is metal and glutaraldehyde-free and Ecotan leather can be transformed into fertilisers for organic agriculture at the end of their useful life.
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The company Silvateam in Italy offers a new [[Vegetable-tanned leather|vegetable tanning technology]] to [[tannery|tanneries]], which is strictly focused on sustainability. The focus is on eco-friendly products and [[leather production|processes]] and the brand name is Ecotan and the so produced leather is called Ecotan leather. Ecotan is appliable on all common [[leather types]]. The [[tanning leather|tanning process]] of Ecotan is [[Chrome tanned#Chrome-free leather - FOC = Free of Chrome|metal]] and [[Synthetic tanned|glutaraldehyde]]-free and Ecotan leather can be transformed into fertilisers for organic agriculture at the end of their useful life.
  
The Ecotan vegetable tanning technology uses only ingredients that are deemed safe and bio-circular. The natural tannins of the Ecotan leather tanning are from chestnut and quebracho wood, tara pods and gallnuts. The chestnut tannin is the primary ingredient. The cultivation of the plants is sustainable and there is an ongoing replanting program carried out as part of a collaboration between tannin producers and the owners of the woodland.  
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The Ecotan [[Vegetable-tanned leather|vegetable tanning technology]] uses only ingredients that are deemed safe and bio-circular. The natural [[tannins]] of the Ecotan leather tanning are from chestnut and [[Quebracho|quebracho wood]], [[tara|tara pods]] and gallnuts. The chestnut tannin is the primary ingredient. The cultivation of the plants is sustainable and there is an ongoing replanting program carried out as part of a collaboration between tannin producers and the owners of the woodland.  
  
  
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''Chestnut and quebracho wood, tara pods and gallnuts.''<br></p>
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''Chestnut and [[Quebracho|quebracho wood]], [[tara|tara pods]] and gallnuts.''<br></p>
 
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The Ecotan vegetable tanning technology is a combination of traditional tanning methods and the demand of the markets concerning sustainability.  
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The Ecotan [[Vegetable-tanned leather|vegetable tanning technology]] is a combination of traditional [[tanning|tanning methods]] and the demand of the markets concerning sustainability.  
  
  

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The company Silvateam in Italy offers a new vegetable tanning technology to tanneries, which is strictly focused on sustainability. The focus is on eco-friendly products and processes and the brand name is Ecotan and the so produced leather is called Ecotan leather. Ecotan is appliable on all common leather types. The tanning process of Ecotan is metal and glutaraldehyde-free and Ecotan leather can be transformed into fertilisers for organic agriculture at the end of their useful life.

The Ecotan vegetable tanning technology uses only ingredients that are deemed safe and bio-circular. The natural tannins of the Ecotan leather tanning are from chestnut and quebracho wood, tara pods and gallnuts. The chestnut tannin is the primary ingredient. The cultivation of the plants is sustainable and there is an ongoing replanting program carried out as part of a collaboration between tannin producers and the owners of the woodland.


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Chestnut and quebracho wood, tara pods and gallnuts.

 

The Ecotan vegetable tanning technology is a combination of traditional tanning methods and the demand of the markets concerning sustainability.


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