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Final Meeting

INESCOP PROJECT PROGRESS AND DISSEMINATION

ACTIVITIES

Pisa (Alicante)ICCOM-CNR11th December 2013

Mercedes RoigJoaquín FerrerINESCOP

LIFE 10 ENV/IT/364

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INESCOP Project Progress_1

ACTION STATUS Action 2. Study on the fatliquoring agents environmental impact Completed

Action 4. Environmental demonstration of natural products at laboratory level Completed

Action 5. Fatliquoring at a semi-industrial level with natural products Completed

Action 6. Environmental demonstration at pre-industrial level Completed

Action 7. Environmental demonstration of hides fatted with natural products

Completed

Action 8. Study of the demonstration about the environmental benefits from the natural fatting products (INESCOP’s contribution)

In progress

Action 9. Quality assessment of leather products production Completed

Action 10. Demonstration of technical – economic viability(INESCOP’s contribution)

In progress

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INESCOP Project Progress_2

ACTION STATUS Action 11. Natural products fatting manual In progress

Action 12. Leather sample books (INESCOP’s contribution) Completed

Action 16. Training course for Spanish tanneries (June 2013) Completed

Action 18. Demonstration workshop in Spain (November 2013)

Completed

Action 19. Dissemination in fairs and other events Continuous

Action 20. Digital supports for international diffusion (INESCOP’s contribution)

Completed

Action 21. Contribution to the updating of the project website Continuous

Action 23. Project management Continuous

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Action 2. Environmental impact of fatliquoring agents

Objective: To assess the environmental impact of different commercial fatliquoring agents

Results:• There are no relevant differences in the appearance of the

leathers• The polluting load of all baths was quite similar• All physical properties tested are above recommended

thresholds for their use in shoe uppers, leather goods, upholstery and garments

• None of the families assessed stand out for their lower environmental impact on wastewater or for their better quality in all the parameters – we will employ average values as a reference values

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Action 4-6. Environmental impact of natural products

Objective: To assess the environmental impact of natural fatliquoring

products comparing with commercial products (Action 2)

Results:• Leathers have an acceptable appearance, full and firm, with

a soft and pleasant feel with no significant differences between of the natural fatliquoring tested

• Natural fatliquoring products were less than the As, Cd and Pb limits

• Comparing between synthetic and natural products with the same treatment, there was an improvement by:– 30% in the biodegradability on chlorinated products (FAME vs

CLP) – 42% on sulpho-chlorinated products (FAME_S vs CLP_S )

• The physical and chemical parameters of the leathers are according to the limits required for footwear manufacture

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• Fogging refers to the condensation of evaporated, volatile components of the interior automobile trim materials on the glass plates.

• The aim of this test is to increase driving safety, since certain fatliquorings and plasticisers released from leather can evaporate and condense on the windshield (due to the difference in temperature between the inside and the outside of the car) thus forming an opaque condensate that causes poor visibility.

• Fogging test has been carried out according to the European standard test method for the determination of fogging characteristics for automotive leathers UNE-EN ISO 17071:2011.

Fogging Test_1

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Fogging Test_2

ReferenceCondensed volatile

compounds (mg)

CLPChlorinated paraffin (44 % Cl)

33,5

FAMEChlorinated vegetable fatty acid methyl ester (48.6 % Cl)

19,2

CLP_SSulpho-chlorinated paraffin (44 % Cl)

95,7

FAME_SSulpho-chlorinated vegetable fatty acid

methyl ester (38 % Cl- 8.6 % S)

24,1

Recommended values < 5

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Leather biodegradability test_1

• Test procedure developed by INESCOP• Tests carried out on a prototype designed and built by

INESCOP• Based on a standard test of plastic materials

biodegradability• Comparative evaluation of biodegradability of different

leather samples regarding to the impact of the leather waste

Prototype developed by INESCOP for evaluation of biodegradability of leather samples (IR quantification)

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Leather biodegradability test_2

CLP: 7,7 %

FAME: 10,5 %

CLP_S: 11,2 %

FAME_S 13,4 %

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Action 7. Footwear manufacture

No differences were observed in the manufacturing process and in the final appearance of footwear

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Action 11. Natural products fatting Manual

Topic Content Responsible

1. Introduction Brief description of the object of the manual and its contents INESCOP

2. Description of the tanning process

Overview of the tanning process and the four main stages: Beamhouse, Tanning, Retanning/dyeing/fatliquoring and Finishing

INESCOP

3. Conventional leather fatliquoring process

1. Scope and description of the process of leather fatliquoring2. Fatliquoring products: raw materials, characteristics and action on the leather3. Practice of fatliquoring with conventional products4. Problems in the fatliquoring operation and leather defects5. Environmental impact of the fatliquoring process

INESCOP

4. Environmentally friendly natural fatliquoring process

1. Natural products developed- Raw materials- Obtaining process - Characteristics and properties 2. Practice of fatliquoring with alternative products- Description- Basic safety and health guidelines for the environmentally friendlynatural fatliquoring process- Technical and environmental validation of the process - Technical validation of leather

COLORTEX(supported by SERICHIM)

5. Bibliografia

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Action 12. Leather sample books

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Action 16. Training course for Spanish tanneries

ECOFATTING Training Course20th June 2013Elda - Alicante

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Action 18. Demonstration workshop in Spain

ECOFATTING Workshop7th November 2013

Valencia

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INESCOP’s Newsletters• INESCOP Environment Newsletter

Jan’12

• INESCOP Environment Newsletter

Feb’12

• INESCOP Environment Newsletter

April’12

• INESCOP Environment Newsletter

Jun’12

• INESCOP Environment Newsletter

Jul’12

• INESCOP News Jun’12

• INESCOP Environment Newsletter

Dec’12

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INESCOP’s dissemination at Congresses• Conference in Green Week 2012, Brussels (Belgium)• 1st Water, Waste and Energy Management Congress, Salamanca (Spain)• Industrial Technologies Congress 2012, Aarhus (Denmark)• 18th Congress of the Latin American Federation of Leather Technologists and Chemists (FLAQTIC 2012), Montevideo (Uruguay)• 62nd Congress of the Spanish Leather Chemists Association (AQEIC 2013), Lorca – Murcia (Spain) • LIFE+ Networking Event, Valencia (Spain)

LIFE+ Networking EventMay 2013

Valencia - Spain

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International conferences and fairs

Ferias del Medio Ambiente y Energías 13th to 15th November 2013

Valencia (Spain)

SIMAC-TANNING TECH–LINEAPELLE8th to 10th October 2013

Bologna (Italy)

Futurmoda23rd-24th October 2013

Alicante (Spain)

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Technical article

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Updating the project website

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INESCOP´s final steps

ACTION STATUS Action 8. Study of the demonstration about the environmental benefits from the natural fatting products: ICCOM_CNR (INESCOP’s contribution: Deliverables Action 4 – 5 - 6)

In progress

Action 10. Demonstration of technical – economic viability: ENEA(INESCOP’s contribution)

In progress

Action 11. Natural products fatting manual: INESCOP + COLORTEX + SERICHIM)

In progress

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Thanks for your attention