Technology Details

Area of Technology:Engineering Sciences

Title of the Innovation: Process for making leather substitute from Agro Residues ( Vegan Leather )

Brief About Innovation

Process for making leather substitute from Agro Residues ( Vegan Leather )

The global synthetic leather market size was valued at USD 31.89 billion in 2021. It is expected to reach a valuation of USD 67.23 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 7.91% during the forecast period (2022–2030). Also, the production of leather involves lots of hazardous chemicals and the processing of leather is also highly energy consuming, water consuming, and involves the use of toxic chemicals. Hence, people are looking for alternatives to leather using green routes and green solvents. Hence, there is a need to find alternative materials to synthetic leather with less environmental hazards and a smaller carbon footprint. 

   

Raw materials like Mango peels, banana stems and pineapple wastes, Cactus, water hyacinth, corn husk, rice-related wastes, and other relevant agro residues and by-products can be effectively used to make vegan leather. This developed technology would effectively replace around 30-50 % of synthetic chemicals from the existing leather available in the market. Different protocols and different process parameters are optimized based on the type of agro-waste.

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