▲ 62 ▼ Plastic-free vegan leather sees production-scale breakthrough (newatlas.com) submitted 2 days ago by Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip [M] to c/sustainability@piefed.zip 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments New VTT research offers a scalable, durable, and eco-friendly alternative to animal leather using mushrooms.
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 child) Have they finally made it so it will not just disntegrate in 2 or 3 years on its own like the fake leather now doess? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 child) Cork leather is likely what you want, at least it's available already. My cork leather belt has lasted easily three times as long as my faux leather belts before that, and it's the buckle that crapped out in the end. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] butwhyishischinabook@anarchist.nexus 2 points 23 hours ago Yeah I've gotten about 6 years out of mine so far and it's still holding up. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 child) Cork leather is likely what you want, at least it's available already. My cork leather belt has lasted easily three times as long as my faux leather belts before that, and it's the buckle that crapped out in the end. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] butwhyishischinabook@anarchist.nexus 2 points 23 hours ago Yeah I've gotten about 6 years out of mine so far and it's still holding up. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] butwhyishischinabook@anarchist.nexus 2 points 23 hours ago Yeah I've gotten about 6 years out of mine so far and it's still holding up. permalink fedilink source parent