Bobux Eco-Leather
Safe for Babies and the Environment
Babies like to chew something when they are teething, traditional methods of leather dyeing or leather production would contain heavy metals during this process. Therefore, We can not provent babies not to put staff in their month, but we can choose a good safety shoes when they are growing up.
Bobux Eco-leather was developed to produce an exceptionally soft nappa that would be totally safe for babies to put in their mouth, be gentle on baby delicate newborn skin and friendly on the environment.
Bobox produce an environmentally friendly, biodegradable leather that would have strong appeal to its New Zealand consumers, as well as to its environmentally aware "green" consumers in Europe and North America.
As far as the Company is aware, it is the only manufacturer of soft soled leather shoes for babies and toddlers that meets the following environmental and International safety standards.
- British and European Safety Standard BS 5665 : EN71 Part 3 (Testing by LASRA NA)
- Japanese Industrial Safety Standard JIS/L1041 (Testing by LASRA NZ)
- German TUV accreditation for safety of banned materials and substances used in tanning of leather.(Testing by TUV Germany)
Criteria for Ecological leather:
- Chrome(VI) free leather.
- No Azo dyes - banned under EU directive 2002/61EC.
- No presence of heavy metals (Tested to DIN EN ISO 105-E04)
- All tanning agents and dye colors are water based
- International test confirm no presence of any banned substances.
- All testing has been carried out independently by accredited testing authorities using internationally recognized environmental standards.
- The waste water from our tanning process is treated by in-house waste water treatment plant so as to achieve a reduction of the COD/BOD* content of over 98.75%. 孭ll wast treatment far exceeds the Ecological leather production requirements and is audited regularly by regulatory authority, Environmental Waikato, New Zealand.
Bobux Eco-leather is bio-degradable and is therefore safe for land fills.
Bobux Eco-leather demonstrates the Company commitment to creating greener products and a better environment that meets demanding international standards.
* COD - Chemical Omission Detection 脷OD - Biological Omission Detection
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