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Ecco debuts leather-waste fibre shoe

29/04/2026
Ecco debuts leather-waste fibre shoe

Footwear brand and tannery group Ecco has launched its first style using a protein-based fibre made from leather offcuts. 

The upper of the Ecco Biom 720 is made from wet blue shavings – thin layers removed to achieve consistent leather thickness – which are processed into textile fibre filaments by Finnish cellulosic fibres specialist Spinnova.

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