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

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[–] 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.