{"id":97796,"date":"2023-03-17T10:38:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T09:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antares-sellier.com\/?p=97796"},"modified":"2024-11-25T12:10:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T11:10:22","slug":"recycling-leather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antares-sellier.com\/en\/2023\/03\/17\/recycling-leather\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling leather from bespoke saddles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every year, our workshops in Saintes, Charente Maritime, produce more than 4,200 bespoke Antar\u00e8s saddles. The leather used is French-sourced<\/strong> for its quality <\/strong>and short supply chain<\/strong> but it is also a living and noble material<\/strong><\/a>. We must use it responsibly while reducing our environmental impact.<\/strong> While our saddle-makers strive to use every last scrap of leather, some wastage is inevitable. As a result, our CSR (corporate social responsibility) policy sets out possible solutions in our working patterns to help address current sustainable development-related challenges<\/strong>. That’s why, for several years now, we have been transforming leftover leather from our tailormade saddles into unique and outstanding products<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is our approach environmentally-friendly?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Being natural<\/strong> and biodegradable<\/strong>, leather is an ecological material<\/strong> but that isn’t enough. If hides are sourced from the livestock industry they can have a large carbon footprint. That’s why we’ve opted to work with leather sourced from the food sector. This means that no animal has been killed specifically for its hide and our policy is to recycle <\/strong>this ‘noble waste’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As such, we’ve engaged a product designer to lead our leather recycling<\/strong> venture. Their role is to design and create products from leather scraps and offcuts resulting in our range of leather goods<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our teams are also working on other projects jointly developed with local businesses<\/strong> such as oyster farmers, to provide them with basic products (gloves or other hand protection items) for their activities designed from our leather offcuts<\/strong>. Involving local businesses<\/strong> in this environmentally-responsible project<\/strong> fits with our CSR agenda and supports the regional economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, our tanner, Arnal, in Rodez, also uses an eco-design<\/strong> approach to reduce the environmental impacts<\/strong> from its hides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recycling leather in numbers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Using leather sourced from the food sector accounts for 170,000 tonnes of waste processed each year in France alone, which is the same as 24-times the weight of the Eiffel Tower!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Antar\u00e8s, our leather recycling<\/strong> measures help save and repurpose 5,000 kg of waste annually.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Products made from recycled leather from our saddles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We now have a whole range of leather goods<\/strong><\/a> produced from our leather offcuts<\/strong>. No leather has been specifically bought for these items and each piece of leather is cleverly re-used to its best advantage, to design our products. Some pieces are naturally softer and more supple that others. Pieces like these are perfect for making a pair of gloves. Conversely, other stiffer bits of leather are ideal for making leather goods<\/strong>, such as bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leather gloves<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

These are a blend of soft calf leather<\/strong> on the palm and buffalo leather<\/strong> on the upper. The soft French organic cotton<\/strong> inner lining has also been designed with comfort <\/strong>in mind. The gloves are made entirely in France from 100% French materials<\/strong>. The cotton is French <\/strong>and sourced from organic agriculture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n