Leather

This environmental guidance applies to you if you are in the leather processing industry or the tanning industry in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Find out about the environmental impacts of:

• preserving skins and hides in a tannery
• producing leather goods, eg leather shoes, boots,  wallets, clothes and upholstery
• producing sheepskin products, eg sheepskin rugs, boots, slippers or jackets
• producing suede products, eg suede shoes, clothing and bags.