essell@lemmy.world to 196 · edit-24 days agoIt's a rule that the existence of vegan shoes implies the existence of carnivorous shoeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1315
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minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoGenuine question: Is avoiding leather really that great? Leather seems much more durable than plastic, and its from a part of the animal thats really just thrown away anyway.
minus-square🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days ago making the leather is a horrible process, making skin into the product you know requires a lot of chemicals that aren’t great for the environment Leather is not necessarily a byproduct but a coproduct.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThanks for answering! For the environment thing, would making leather clothes be worse than making plastic clothes?
Genuine question: Is avoiding leather really that great? Leather seems much more durable than plastic, and its from a part of the animal thats really just thrown away anyway.
making the leather is a horrible process, making skin into the product you know requires a lot of chemicals that aren’t great for the environment
Leather is not necessarily a byproduct but a coproduct.
Thanks for answering!
For the environment thing, would making leather clothes be worse than making plastic clothes?