@essell@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone • edit-21 month agoIt's a rule that the existence of vegan shoes implies the existence of carnivorous shoeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down142
arrow-up1283arrow-down1imageIt's a rule that the existence of vegan shoes implies the existence of carnivorous shoeslemmy.world@essell@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone • edit-21 month agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-square@potter2010@lemmy.calinkfedilink4•1 month agoDepending on the reason for being vegan. For animal rights/ethics, yes. For health/climate, potentially less so.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭linkfedilink0•1 month 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🦄🦄🦄linkfedilink6•1 month 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]🍭linkfedilink1•1 month agoThanks for answering! For the environment thing, would making leather clothes be worse than making plastic clothes?
Depending on the reason for being vegan.
For animal rights/ethics, yes.
For health/climate, potentially less so.
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?