Project to utilize wildlife skins in Chiba Implemented through 11/30! 'Creating a leather processing plant to turn local issues into resources'

～The skins of exterminated wild animals are utilized to create a circular economy that gives back to animal control, Circular Economy" - Utilizing the skins of exterminated wild animals and giving them back to animal damage control.

2024.11.15 10:45

合同会社DIEM

Limited Liability Company DIEM (Location: Minamiboso City, Chiba Prefecture; Representative: Miku Osaka Tani), a limited liability company that creates a circular economy system to utilize the skins of wild animals that have been exterminated as vermin in Chiba Prefecture as a resource and return them to animal damage control and agricultural fields, will continue to raise funds to secure a freezer for storing raw hides and a workshop for stable and sustainable skin utilization activities. The company is currently conducting a crowdfunding campaign on "CAMPFIRE" from October 13 (Sun.) to November 30 (Sat.), 2024, to secure a freezer for storing raw hides and a workshop to continue its activities of utilizing hides in a stable and sustainable manner.

Details of "Creating a Leather Processing Plant to Turn Local Challenges into Resources"

https://camp-fire.jp/projects/780572/view?utm_campaign=cp_po_share_c_msg_mypage_projects_show

クラファン概要表紙

KURAFAN Outline Cover

Background of Development

In Chiba Prefecture, crops and residents are being damaged by wild boars, kyongs, and other animal damage. Until now, exterminated individuals that have been discarded have been sold as gibier, and measures have been taken to create a community where both animals and people can live comfortably together. On the other hand, the skins have become industrial waste in the process of butchering. Therefore, in 2022, we began producing wild animal leather products that make use of the hides, with the new goal of zero waste. However, in May 2024, the facility where the raw hides were stored became unusable. In order to sustainably utilize the hides in the future, we urgently needed to secure a freezer for storing raw hides and a workshop, so we launched a crowdfunding campaign.

Features

Leather that can be returned to the soil with little environmental impact

The leather is processed using a method that has acquired the Oeko-Tex Standard 100, the world's top level certification for safe textile products, which minimizes the environmental impact of the manufacturing process and allows the leather to be returned to the soil.

*"Silk of leather" utilizing kyong, a species that breeds in large numbers in Chiba Prefecture.

Originally from China and Taiwan, the "Kyon," a small deer about the size of a Shiba dog, is an invasive alien species that escaped from a facility in Chiba Prefecture about 30 years ago and is now proliferating in large numbers. Its leaping ability and small size make it difficult to defend rice paddies, and it has caused a lot of damage to foliage and seedlings. Its leather has fibers so fine that they cannot be reproduced with man-made fibers, giving it an exquisite feel that can be described as the "silk of leather.

*Kyon chamois cloth, a natural super cloth

Kyon leather fibers are said to be less than 1/100,000th the size of a hair, and can remove fine dust and dirt without damaging the item being cleaned. It is a natural super cloth that also contains plenty of oil, which gives polished items a glossy shine. It can also be used for beauty wash.

キョンセーム

Kyon Cham

■About Returns (tax included)

5,000 yen: [Assortment of tiny gibier leather goods].

This is a set of assorted small genuine leather goods that are just right for your own use or as a gift.

(1)Kyon leather cord clip

(2)Leather charm bag

(3)Givier leather stickers

おまもり袋

Omamori Bag

10,000 yen: [Kyong's beauty wash set].

Kyon chamois cloth is of the highest quality not only as a polishing cloth, but also as a beauty face-washing cloth that gently cleanses the skin. This return is a luxurious beauty face-washing set that includes one Kyon chamois cloth M size for washing face, one S size for oil absorbent cloth for going out, and a Kyon leather triangle case to carry the S size chamois cloth.

50,000 yen: [Processing experience return

You will be able to experience the actual processing of exterminated wild animal materials (dismantling, tanning, etc.) at the processing plant created with your support this time.

50,000 yen: [Semi-order ticket for leather goods with color samples! Semi-order ticket for leather goods].

You can order a pochette, cushion, or other large leather goods made of deerskin or boar skin.

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