Hides into hiding: falling demand for leather shoes

Roxane
4 min readOct 15, 2018

If you take into account the reality that the meat industry won’t be revolutionised by tomorrow, the fact that most of the hides left over as a byproduct of food for consumption are sold to the leather industry makes good use of what would otherwise be more waste. According to Bloomberg, 55% of the leather demand comes from the footwear industry. From a single cow hide, an average of 11 cowboy boots…

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Roxane

🌍 Co-founder, Advisor & Venture builder in Impact | 🔁 Circular Economy Leadership & ESG Consultant | 💡 Sustainable Design & Textiles Expert