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Chrome-tanned leather is greener, academic says

20/07/2009

Tony Covington, Emeritus Professor of Leather Technology at the University of Northampton, has said that chrome-tanned leather could be less harmful to the environment than vegetable-tanned alternatives.Speaking at the Beast to Beauty leather conference on July 17, Professor Covington said he felt that the arguments President Hu Jintao of China...

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