Research on recycling of waste leather produced in leather manufacturing process based on supply chain management

Leather industry is a consumer-goods sector closely linked with national economic development. With the slowdown of China's economic growth, the leather industry has entered a new normal of steady development under immense pressure. On the upside, the industry can enrich the material life of consumers. On the downside, leather production unleashes a series of threats to the environment. For example, it is urgent to recycle the gigantic amount of waste leather in such an environmentally conscious era. Therefore, this paper presents a model for the manufacturer who produces lots of waste leather in manufacturing, builds another model for the recycler who recovers the waste leather produced by the manufacturer, and combines the two models into an integrated model for recycling of waste leather produced in leather manufacturing process. Then, the model was applied to a numerical analysis.