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Plastic-Free Vegan Leather that Dyes Itself Grown from Bacteria (www.imperial.ac.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by anzo@programming.dev to c/technology@slrpnk.net

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Plastic-Free Vegan Leather that Dyes Itself Grown from Bacteria

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Initially this sounds correct. However, plastic is a "forever" substance. So the long term disaster is the poisoning of the planet. That includes all living life being exposed to microplastics. This is not good for humans or animals.

[–] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

How much plastic is used in the raising of a cow? In either case the full lifecycle needs to be considered.

But TBH veganism isn't necessarily an environmental movement. There's often overlap, but nothing about being ethically opposed to farming and killing animals means one is more environmentally conscious.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 1 points 7 months ago

True. Veganism is not an environmental movement, however, not eating animals is a huge environmental improvement.

[–] Vegoon@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Leather does not grow on trees, India is the biggest producer and it destroys large areas

https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/india-toxic-price-leather

I am not advocating for plastic, but the thought that leather is a alternative is wrong in my opinion.