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Plastic-Free Vegan Leather that Dyes Itself Grown from Bacteria

Plastic-free vegan leather that dyes itself grown from bacteria | Imperial News | Imperial College London

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/252494/plasticfree-vegan-leather-that-dyes-itself/

Researchers at Imperial College London have genetically engineered bacteria to grow animal- and plastic-free leather that dyes itself.

Plastic-free vegan leather that dyes itself grown from bacteria | Imperial News | Imperial College London

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14059725

Plastic-Free Vegan Leather that Dyes Itself Grown from Bacteria

11 comments

Zier

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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

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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

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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

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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.

kirbowo808

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This is so interesting. I definitely invest in this as an alternative to “vegan” leather and real leather. Never been a real fan of vegan leather because of how the material is just not comfy at all and therefore tends to stick to you when your feeling hot etc but also how this is far more of an ethical choice in comparison to current “vegan leather” and leather in general.