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Since developing countries like Ethiopia have huge livestock resource potential and they must utilize available raw materials in order to eradicate poverty by generating the required revenue and create employment opportunity for their citizens. Life as usual way of industrialization that is “take-make-use-dispose” scenario is not recommended for sustainability of the leather sector. In order to mitigate environmental challenges, the leather industries need to implement RECP, waste recycling and reuse technologies in order to comply with the existing environmental discharge norms of the country as well as to ensure the social cohesion among the community, it is critical to establish the common effluent treatment facility having the state of art technologies that enable the tanneries to comply with the global environmental and social compliance requirements such as ZDHS, ZLD and LWG. To establish eco industrial park, regional government, land administration bureau’s and relevant government and non-government organizations must work closely in order to manage the waste generated. In addition to that the availability of raw hide and skin resource is not by itself guaranty to develop the leather sector, there should be development of related industries such as chemical industries, agro processing industries, mining sector, energy sector, agricultural sector and furniture industries are important for sustainable development of the leather and leather product industries.