3 May 2022

Zeology tanned leather is compostable and biodegradable. Do you know the difference between the two?

 

 

Here’s the answer:
Biodegradation passes through 3 stages:

  • Biodeterioration
    (e.g., black spots on bananas – surface breakdown)
  • Biodisintegration
    (e.g., the banana becomes soft due to bacterial breakdown, material breaks into smaller pieces)
  • Bioassimilation
    (e.g., the banana is broken into compost mass, taken into biomass – also called ultimate biodegradability).

 

Compostability is a specific case of a biodegradation process and mainly covers the first two stages of biodegradation.

 

Do you want to know more about this topic?

 

Download our Whitepaper about the Biodegradability and disintegration of leather: https://lnkd.in/dvGpmwZ

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We bring leather, material and fashion businesses together: an opportunity to meet and greet face to face. We bring them from all parts of the world so that they can find fresh partners, discover new customers or suppliers and keep ahead of industry developments.

 

We organise a number of trade exhibitions which focus on fashion and lifestyle: sectors that are constantly in flux, so visitors and exhibitors alike need to be constantly aware both of the changes around them and those forecast for coming seasons.

 

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