Following is a transcription of the video. Narrator: This is said to be the world's oldest leather-making tradition. It's called vegetable tanning, and it's a process that has been perfected over ...

Shopkeepers near the entrances often hand visitors fresh mint sprigs to mask it, though after a while the smell simply becomes part of the atmosphere around the tannery. Nothing feels hidden or ...

In order to solve the pollution of Cr 3+ and toxic dyes cause by traditional tanning technology, this study developed chromium-free tanning agents (COS-Dyes-Al) that incorporate high-performance ...

Hugo de Boon and Koen Meerkerk started the company Fruitleather in 2015. "We want to turn something valueless into something that has value," said Koen. Fruitleather gets the mangoes from Total ...

The fashion industry has seen a rise in alternative leather options from fish skin to pineapple leaves to cork leather. High-end fashion brands like John Galliano, Prada, and Christian Dior have ...