European Waste Catalogue
Tanned leather waste — shavings, cuttings, buffing dust — is 04 01 08. Untanned hide waste (fleshings, lime split) is 04 01 01.
Also searched as: leather offcuts, tannery waste, hide waste
Have a 04 01 08 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.
See the validation dossier~2 Mt/year EU leather industry residues (hides, sludge, chemicals) · Chrome shavings €20–60/t; tallow/fat from liming €200–400/t; leather scrap for gelatine €40–80/t
Primary buyers include Manufacture of leather and related products and Manufacture of basic chemicals and Waste treatment and disposal.
Simulate this streamThe European Waste Catalogue codes waste by the process it arises from, not just the material. Pick the row that matches where your leather waste is generated — each code links to its full classification, valorisation routes and receiving industries.
Tanned leather — shavings, cuttings, dust
Waste tanned leather (blue sheetings, shavings, cuttings, buffing dust)
Untanned hides — fleshings and lime split
Fleshings and lime split wastes
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
Leather Waste
With a lab analysis, the engine checks the stream against each receiving route's published limits and returns what is supported, what is refused, and why. Without one yet, we tell you which routes it can evaluate and what analysis that needs.
See what the output looks like: a worked dossier.