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Treatment of skins and hides
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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