Overview
- Examines the manufacturing, supply chain and product-level sustainability of leather and footwear products
- Includes topics such as the circular economy and blockchain in the leather and footwear sectors
- Discusses the environmental and chemical issues and mitigation measures in tanneries
- Presents sustainable alternatives, such bacterial cellulose, for footwear and leather products
Part of the book series: Textile Science and Clothing Technology (TSCT)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book examines the manufacturing, supply chain and product-level sustainability of leather and footwear products. This book deals with the environmental and chemical sustainability aspects pertaining to the tanning supply chain and the related mitigation measures. The book also explores interesting areas of leather and footwear sustainability, such as waste & the 3R’s and their certification for sustainability. At the product level, the book covers advanced topics like the circular economy and blockchain technology for leather and footwear products and addresses innovation development and eco-material use in footwear by investigating environmental sustainability and the use of bacterial cellulose, a potential sustainable alternative for footwear and leather products.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is currently Head of Sustainability at the SgT Group and API in Hong Kong. He holds a Ph.D. from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a leading expert in the areas of environmental sustainability in textiles & the clothing supply chain, product life cycle assessment (LCA) and product carbon footprint (PCF) assessment in various industrial sectors, and has extensive industrial experience in these fields. He has published more than 75 research papers, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited over 80 books.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Leather and Footwear Sustainability
Book Subtitle: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Product Level Issues
Editors: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Series Title: Textile Science and Clothing Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6296-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6295-2Published: 06 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6298-3Published: 07 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-6296-9Published: 05 August 2020
Series ISSN: 2197-9863
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9871
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 293
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Green Chemistry, Environmental Geography, Environmental and Sustainability Education, Structural Materials, Economic Geography