Tanning has been built on social purpose
Dr Mike Redwood
As tanners, we often accept that in the past we were a polluting industry. We are users of offal, so as cities began to worry about sanitation, we were classified among the “nuisance trades”. This meant we were classed among a group that worked closely with butchers that included soap makers, tallow candlers, bone boilers and fat renderers.
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