A CLOSER LOOK
Leather Circularity
Leather's durability gives it a longer life compared to other materials. Its functionality extends beyond
a bag or a chair: it can be repaired, reused, redesigned, and even recycled into new products.
Even scrap can be given a new life (and avoid the landfill). We developed a product to recycle our
onsite leather waste--scraps, old samples, and trimmings--into a new sheet good we call Habitat.
The innovative process is free of the typical PVC or polyurethane typically found in recycled leather
products. Habitat is manufactured domestically using Moore & Giles scrap leather combined with a
water-based blend of FDA approved and plant-derived ingredients. This mixture is pressed and dried
into sheets, producing a final product suitable for leather accessories and upholstery.
This program is still a work in progress but we're excited to continue exploring the possibility for
Habitat to be a solution to a significant, industry-wide waste problem and a means to close the loop of
circularity further down the manufacturing chain.
HABITAT – MADE FROM RECYCLED SAMPLE WASTE
MOORE & GILES
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