4,517
gallons of water per item
Per item: one leather handbag (~1 kg leather)
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226
Washing Machine Load
About This Data
A leather handbag using about 1 kilogram of bovine leather embeds roughly 17,100 liters (about 4,500 gallons), driven mostly by the water and feed used to raise cattle. Source: Water Footprint Network (Mekonnen & Hoekstra).
Figures are global-average totals (green + blue + grey water) per item and are not California-specific; the crop fact sheets on this site show California consumptive water use (green + blue, excludes grey) per serving, so compare with that difference in mind.