The diagram below shows how leather goods are produced. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

A glance at the diagram provided illustrates the process of manufacturing leather products like shoes or handbags from animal

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. In general, producing leather products is environmentally unfriendly since their production not only consumes a huge amount of water but contributes to increased greenhouse gas emissions. It is obvious that the primary material for

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leather goods is animal

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. Having dried it outdoors, animal

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is

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transferred to the mill by trucks. There, animal

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is washed with water and lime prior to soaking it in lime and preparing it to be flattened by rolling machines. Having flattened the animal

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, it is again soaked in tannin which is a combination of water and vegetable matter.

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, the gained material is polished with the help of heavy rollers before transferring to the next factory by lorries to be converted into daily

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consumption

goods like shoes, bags and balls used in sports

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as football or tennis.