{"id":2730,"date":"2025-11-22T02:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consorzioaquarno.it\/senza-categoria\/innovative-modified-natural-tannins-life20-env-it-000759\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:37:47","slug":"innovative-modified-natural-tannins-life20-env-it-000759","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consorzioaquarno.it\/en\/projects\/innovative-modified-natural-tannins-life20-env-it-000759\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative Modified Natural Tannins \u2013 LIFE20 ENV\/IT\/000759"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2730\" class=\"elementor elementor-2730 elementor-1655\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-456e275 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"456e275\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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elementor-size-default\">PROJECTS<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc2b882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc2b882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Innovative Modified Natural Tannins \u2013 LIFE20 ENV\/IT\/000759<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4873511 e-con-full e-grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4873511\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2761f2b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2761f2b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-172efad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"172efad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d357bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d357bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The project aims to demonstrate, on a semi-industrial scale, the use of chemically modified natural tannins (CMNT) in the production of eco-friendly leather across a wide range of items, from footwear to leather goods.<\/p><p>The use of CMNT ensures a tanning process with fewer hazardous chemicals, sustainable costs, reduced waste, and a better circular approach (recycling\/reuse of production waste) compared with traditional processes based on chromium, synthetic tannins, and aldehydes.<\/p><p>This is made possible thanks to:<\/p><ul><li>An innovative purification process that will allow the separation of Concentrated Purified Natural Tannins (CPNT) from non-tanning substances within chestnut and quebracho extracts, which are the most widely used in the sector.<\/li><li>A chemical modification of CPNT that will allow the production of the final tanning agent, CMNT.<\/li><li>A new tanning process that includes these modified tannins in order to achieve high-level properties and performance, while also transforming production waste into organic fertilisers.<\/li><li>The replicability of the LIFE I\u2019M TAN process in other tanneries across the EU.<\/li><li>An analysis of the impacts of this innovative process through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Cost (LCC), and Social Life Cycle Assessment (sLCA), with the resulting Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), Product Environmental Footprint (PEF), and Ecolabel certification to demonstrate the sustainability of the entire supply chain, from the extraction of natural tannins to the production of leather goods, all the way to the management of tanning wastewater.<\/li><\/ul><p>The main objectives of the project are:<\/p><ul><li>No use of chromium salts.<\/li><li>No use of aldehydes and phenols.<\/li><li>A 25% reduction in the tannins required for tanning.<\/li><li>30% recycling of tanning baths.<\/li><li>A 60% reduction in water consumption.<\/li><li>A 25% reduction in the biodegradability ratio (COD\/BOD5) in wastewater.<\/li><li>Recovery of 80% of non-tanning agents for reuse in animal feed.<\/li><li>Recycling of 20% of CMNT-treated leather and its waste for fertiliser production.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0449933 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0449933\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee998a4 links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee998a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLINK:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.life-imtan.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.life-imtan.eu\/ <\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a11ac9 e-con-full sticky e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a11ac9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af8855f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af8855f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-100604d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"100604d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Information<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4cac12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4cac12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"infoHeading\">Name:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0LIFE I\u2019M TAN<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7ba9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f7ba9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"infoHeading\">Period:<\/span> September 2021 \u2013 August 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ca0f87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ca0f87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the contribution of the European Union\u2019s LIFE programme &#8211; Total budget: \u20ac2,329,658, EU contribution: \u20ac1,216,751<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-907d9fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"907d9fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ba3b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73ba3b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are you interested in this project or do you have an idea?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0860f63 linksWhite elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0860f63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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