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French Car Brand Renault To Go Completely Leather-Free By The End Of 2025 (plantbasednews.org)

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[-] Wooki@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

The only mass scaled alternative is synthetics made from oil.

Until a sustainable alternative reaches scale. This is lip service for vegans.

[-] PostiveNoise@kbin.melroy.org 13 points 1 week ago

Other new materials can and will be scaled up, such as hemp based cloth, mycelium based leather etc.

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 10 points 1 week ago

And as someone who prefers fabric seats anyway...There are fabric seats too!

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Mushroom leather sounds dope

[-] PostiveNoise@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 week ago

It's being used in really high end handbags and such already. It can be made to be surprisingly high-end.

[-] troglodyke@lemmy.federate.cc 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm not convinced raising a whole living being that eats plants, and harvesting its skin is that much more energy efficient than just using a plant fibre

[-] Patch@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

The only mass scaled alternative

The only mass scaled alternative with an identical look and feel. There are plenty of alternatives if you don't need it to look like leather. Like the infinite variety of fabrics.

[-] Wooki@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Swing and a miss information

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