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Preservation and treatment of skins and hides

These guidelines are for businesses that:

  • preserve skins and hides at abattoirs, hide and skin markets or tanneries
  • tan and finish leather (with or without the hair on)
  • carry out beamhouse or limeyard processes.

Air and noise

  • Air quality and odour

  • Noise and vibration from leather businesses

Emergency reponse

  • Firefighting

  • Pollution incident response planning

Energy

  • Energy and steam generation by leather businesses

Land

  • Land contamination

Materials and equipment

  • Curing agents for skins and hides

  • Dyes

  • Waste electrical and electronic equipment

  • Fuelling and fuel storage

  • Oil and chemical storage

  • Refrigeration

  • Solvents and adhesives

  • Using, manufacturing and importing chemicals

Packaging

  • Packaging

Transport

  • Car parks at leather businesses

  • Vehicle cleaning

  • Vehicle emissions from leather businesses

Waste

  • Hazardous/special waste

  • Waste storage and transport

  • Your waste responsibilities

Water

  • Discharges to water and sewer from leather businesses

  • Effluent treatment plants used by leather businesses

  • Water use and abstraction

Useful links

  • Leather PPGs

  • Environmental permitting and pollution prevention and control guidance

  • Leather trade and business support organisations

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© NetRegs 2011

Author: Josie Martin | enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk
Last updated: 24 January 2012