| Project Name | ACRTONYM | Website Link | Duration | Leather Partner | Common issures with TEXTILEATHER | Contacts |
| Life BioNaD – Naturalised dyes replacing commercial colorants for environmentally friendly leather dyeing and water recycle |
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01-JAN-2014 to 30-JUN -2016 |
Chemical Institute of organometallic compounds of CNR |
Reduction in consumption of energy and water, and wastewater pollutant. | dulivo@pi.iccom.cnr.it | |
| LIFE SHOEBAT – Promotion of best available techniques in the European footwear and tanning sectors | ShoeBAT | http://www.life-shoebat.eu |
01-OCT-2013 to 30-SEP -2016 | Inescop | Environmental improvements in the footwear and leather companies | formacion@inescop.es
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| LIFE DYES4EVER – Demonstration of cyclodextrin techniques in treatment of waste water in textil industry to recover and reuse textil dyes | Dyes4ever | http://www.dyes4ever.eu | 01-JUL-2013 to 31-DEC -2015 | Aitex | Reduce the chemical dosage in industrial wastewater | kmolla@aitex.es |
| LIFE CO2SHOE-Footwear Carbon Footprint | CO2SHOE | http://www.co2shoe.eu
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01-OCT-2013 to 30-SEP -2017 | INESCOP | Control reductions atmospheric emissions | jferrer@inescop.es |
| LIFE ECODEFATTING – Environmentally friendly natural products instead of chemical products in the degreasing phase of the tanning cycle | ECODEFATTING | www.life-ecodefatting.com | 1-OCT-2014 to 30-SEP -2016 | Chemical Department «Ugo Schiff» – Florence Universit | Reduction of use of chemical products, of water consumption and reduction of wastewater pollutions. | massimo.corsi@unifi.it |
| GREEN LIFE – GREEN LIFE: GREEN Leather Industry For the Environment | GREEN LIFE | www.greenlifeproject.eu/ | 01-JUN-014 to 31-MAY -2017 | DANI S.P.A. | Reduction in the consumption of water, energy, chemicals and volume of wastewater. | guido_zilli@gruppodani.it |
| Safe use of nanomaterials in the textile finishing industry. | ECOTEXNANO | www.life-ecotexnano.eu | 01-OCT-2013 to 30-SEP-2016 | Leitat | Enviromental tool for the application of nanomaterial by finishing processes | vjamier@leitat.org |
| Planificación integrada y gestión sostenible de infraestructuras de saneamiento | SANEPLAN | http://www.saneplan-life.eu/ | 01-SEP-2013 to 28-FEB-2017 | FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE GALICIA | water supply‚ information system‚ integrated management | saneplan-life@itg.es |
| Mitigation of microplastics impact caused by textile washing processes | LIFE – MERMAIDS | ——– | 01-JUL-2014 to 31-DEC -2016 | Italian National Research Council(CNR) | Environmental management – Cleaner technologies, Industry-Production – Textiles – Clothing, Water – Water quality improvement | mave@ictp.cnr.it |
| New generation of ecologic fire-resistant plastics | PHOENIX | http://www.phoenix-eu-project.eu/ | Aimplas | non-halogenated flame-retardants, replace hazardous chemicals, produce sustainable fire retardant additives | mjmoreto@aimplas.es
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| COHESIVE BANDAGES BASED ON NATURAL FIBRES, WITH ANTIMICROBIAL AND HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTIES BY MLSE TECHNOLOGY -SMEs Instrument (1st phase) | VENDA | —
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From 2015-05-01 to 2015-11-01 | Calvo Izquierdo | In VENDA NATU-haft project, Calvo Izquierdo aims at implementing the MLSE technology in their manufacturing system to produce antimicrobial and hydrophobic bandages for sanitary use, based on natural fibres. | e.monteagudo@calvoizquierdo.es |
| Eco friendly tanning cycle | LIFETAN |
01-OCT-2015 to 30-SEP -2017
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Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile | The LIFETAN project will demonstrate innovative natural products and technologies for the degreasing, fatliquoring, bating (softening), dyeing and tanning phases of leather production. It will build on the results of previous LIFE projects that substituted toxic chemicals used during the leather tanning cycle to produce significantly more sustainable products | ||
| Multiple Laser Surface Enhancement (MLSE) of textiles: An Eco-Innovation Project | MLSE Eco-I project | http://www.textile-training.com/projects/mlse-home.html | 10/07/2013 to 09/01/2016 | HUDDERSFIELD & DISTRICT TEXTILE TRAINING COMPANY LIMITED | The Multiple Laser Surface Enhancement (MLSE) system is a revolutionary break through which enables fibres and fabrics to be converted for enhanced hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, fire retardancy and antimicrobial functionalities without the use of chemicals or water. | enquiries@textilehouse.co.uk
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| Mitigation of the environmental impact caused by current DWORs (Durable Water and Oil Repellents) used in the textile finishing industry by analyzing their non-toxic alternatives | MIDWOR-LIFE | http://www.midwor-life.eu/
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01 – SEPT – 2015 to 30 – AUG – 2018 | TEXTILS.CAT
Agrupacio d’Empreses Innovadores |
Mitigation of the environmental impact caused by current DWORs (Durable Water and Oil Repellents) used in the textile finishing industry by analyzing their non-toxic alternatives | projectes@textils.cat |
| FUZZY MATHEMATICS FOR EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN WEARING APPAREL COMPANIES | Nils Science and Sustainability Programme (ES07) | http://www.sogres.uji.es/investigacion_proyectos.html | Universidad Jaume 1 Castellón – Grupo SoGReS-MF | Development of a measuring instrument to improve the knowledge and the impacts of textile industries on the environment | munoz@uji.es | |
| Sustainable Market Actors: Responsible Trade
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SMART –H2020 | http://www.jus.uio.no/ifp/english/research/projects/smart/ | 01/03/2016 to 28/02/2020 | UIO-University of Oslo – Department of private law | The overarching objective of SMART is to do research that will serve to promote global, sustainable development within a circular, low-emission economy compatible with the planetary boundaries and in line with the international development goals | munoz@uji.es |
| SUSTEXNET | http://www.sustexnet.eu | From 01/01/2014 to 31/12/2015 | AITEX | SUSTEXNET is aimed at the establishment of a cooperation network among main textile agents across the Mediterranean basin to increase the competitiveness and sustainability in the whole textile sector. | miriam.martinez@aitex.es | |
| RESearch centers of Excellence in the Textile sector | RESET | https://www.interregeurope.eu/reset/ | From 01/04/2016 to 31/03/2021 | Commune di PRATO | RESET informes stakeholders and policy makers about these good practices would allow those solutions to be adopted in other regions. One of the technologies considered as a good practice is the MLSE process. RESET addresses 2 key themes along with life Textileather
Water consumption and energy saving, sustainable company organisations New sustainable chemistry, including reduction of chemical substances |
enrico.venturini@tecnotex.it |
| Footwear carbon footprint | CO2SHOES | http://www.co2shoe.eu/en/ | From 01/10/2013 to 30/09/2017 (48 months) | INESCOP | he main objective of the project is to develop a carbon footprint calculation tool for the footwear sector, which allows the measurement of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by each pair of shoes. | |
