Nothing to Hide: Hide and skin production around the world

摘要

The leather industry is providing the world with a major service, by taking the hides and skins the meat industry generates and saving them from going to waste. Yes, without this raw material, the leather industry would be unable to continue, but without the leather industry, the world would have to find a new way to cope with the expense and the social and environmental problem of getting rid of the material, while losing out completely on its potential value. Either we use the material, or we lose it. If we choose not to use it while farmers keep raising cattle, sheep and goats and meat suppliers keep sending the animals to slaughter, there will be a steep price to pay.