Why would you call something “plant based” when it uses a lot of plastic which after short time degrades and exposes it to the environment?
Why would you call something “plant based” when it uses a lot of plastic which after short time degrades and exposes it to the environment?
Not all plant based leather uses plastic. It’s unfortunate that plant+plastic mixes are allowed to call themselves plant based leather.
“Real” leather (A.K.A. someone else’s skin) is also usually coated in plastic and processed with extremely harmful chromium salts, so it’s usually not any better than the worst leather alternative.
You’d be shocked what they allow to be called leather. I expect the environmental impact of leather is far worse than the production of vinyl. Tanning is pretty nasty.