Leather hang drying

0.7

Description

This dataset covers hang drying including stretching and clamping. After tanning, the hide is drained and skived. The leather is then dried and mechanically softened by stretching, called staking, to avoid fibers sticking together. The resulting product is called crust leather (dried).

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 0.4
Eutrophication 5.8e-2
Water Scarcity 0.0
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 0.4
Chemistry
Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".

Modeling Notes

Data submitted by thinkstep

Meta information

  • Primary Source: GaBi 2014 Database, Service Pack 28, thinkstep AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2014
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: thinkstep

Applicable Materials

Material Impact
benchmarkimpactblend components
Cow leather
163
Leather
Goat leather
160
Leather
Kangaroo leather
30
Leather
Pig leather
160
Leather

Data quality

Data Quality Value Description
Precision Fair 20% to 30% 3
Time Representativeness Excellent Data are not older than 4 years with respect to the release date or latest review date 1
Geographical Representativeness Fair The processes included in the dataset are sufficiently representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata 3
Technological Representativeness Good The technologies modeled are included in the mix of technologies covered by the dataset 2
Average 2.25