adr1an@programming.dev to Solarpunk technology@slrpnk.net · 9 months agoPlastic-Free Vegan Leather that Dyes Itself Grown from Bacteriawww.imperial.ac.ukexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareセリャスト@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down8·edit-29 months agoyou’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
minus-squareZier@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·9 months agoInitially 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.
minus-squareVegoon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·9 months agoLeather 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.
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
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.
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.