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

submitted 8 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 11 points 8 months ago (6 children)

That is some good science. I never understood how you can be Vegan and then choose plastic leather (pleather). Not harming animals is good, but harming the environment is ok? Seems crazy. This type of science fixes that paradox.

[–] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

you're harming the environment way more by raising an cow, feeding it and then killing it than producing a thin layer of plastic either way

[–] Zier@fedia.io 10 points 8 months ago (3 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.

[–] Vegoon@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 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.

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