1 1 Final Meeting INESCOP PROJECT PROGRESS AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES Pisa (Alicante) ICCOM-CNR 11th December 2013 Mercedes Roig Joaquín Ferrer INESCOP LIFE 10 ENV/IT/364

2 2 INESCOP Project Progress_1 ACTIONSTATUS 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 productionCompleted Action 10. Demonstration of technical – economic viability (INESCOP’s contribution) In progress

3 3 INESCOP Project Progress_2 ACTIONSTATUS Action 11. Natural products fatting manualIn 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 eventsContinuous Action 20. Digital supports for international diffusion (INESCOP’s contribution) Completed Action 21. Contribution to the updating of the project websiteContinuous Action 23. Project managementContinuous

4 4 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

5 5 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

6 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

7 Fogging Test_2 Reference Condensed volatile compounds (mg) CLP Chlorinated paraffin (44 % Cl) 33,5 FAME Chlorinated vegetable fatty acid methyl ester (48.6 % Cl) 19,2 CLP_S Sulpho-chlorinated paraffin (44 % Cl) 95,7 FAME_S Sulpho-chlorinated vegetable fatty acid methyl ester (38 % Cl- 8.6 % S) 24,1 Recommended values< 5

8 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)

9 Leather biodegradability test_2 CLP: 7,7 % FAME: 10,5 % CLP_S: 11,2 % FAME_S 13,4 % CLP: 7,7 % FAME: 10,5 % CLP_S: 11,2 % FAME_S 13,4 % CLP: 7,7 % FAME: 10,5 % CLP_S: 11,2 % FAME_S 13,4 %

10 Action 7. Footwear manufacture No differences were observed in the manufacturing process and in the final appearance of footwear

11 Action 11. Natural products fatting Manual TopicContentResponsible 1. IntroductionBrief description of the object of the manual and its contentsINESCOP 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 fatliquoring 2. Fatliquoring products: raw materials, characteristics and action on the leather 3. Practice of fatliquoring with conventional products 4. Problems in the fatliquoring operation and leather defects 5. 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 friendly natural fatliquoring process - Technical and environmental validation of the process - Technical validation of leather COLORTEX (supported by SERICHIM) 5. Bibliografia

12 Action 12. Leather sample books

13 Action 16. Training course for Spanish tanneries ECOFATTING Training Course 20th June 2013 Elda - Alicante

14 Action 18. Demonstration workshop in Spain ECOFATTING Workshop 7th November 2013 Valencia

15 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

16 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 Event May 2013 Valencia - Spain

17 International conferences and fairs Ferias del Medio Ambiente y Energías 13th to 15th November 2013 Valencia (Spain) SIMAC-TANNING TECH–LINEAPELLE 8th to 10th October 2013 Bologna (Italy) Futurmoda 23rd-24th October 2013 Alicante (Spain)

18 Technical article

19 Updating the project website

20 INESCOP´s final steps ACTIONSTATUS 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

21 Thanks for your attention