Dias, R.Crispim, A.Silva, P.Neto, P.Gaião, J.Oliveira, J.2024-06-272024-06-272021Dias, R., Crispim, A., Silva, P., Neto, P., Gaião, J. & Oliveira, J. (2021, July 20-24). Leather wastes as a potential source of biochemicals and biomaterials. [Oral presentation]. Book of Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (CEMEPE 2021) and SECOTOX Conferencehttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/25715Framework: Leather industry is one of the oldest and most traditional industries, although it produces high amount of solid waste and wastewater; • Only 20% of the of the hide results in finished leather products • Annually, 41,000 tons of organic solid waste are generated in Portugal; • From an economical and environmental point of view, there is a great interest in the valorisation of the generated solid wastes.engLeather industriesWasteBiochemicalsBiomaterialsSustainabilityconference object