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How can "vegan leather" be plastic (based on oil) which is dead shellfish?

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missedmyappointment · 27/07/2024 20:13

I don't understand how something made of dead shellfish can be called vegan. So how can vegan leather be plastic? ( question arising from other thread I don't want to derail)

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EatTheGnome · 27/07/2024 20:37

EatTheGnome · 27/07/2024 20:36

It's often made from plants. Think about who is paying to wrote and print articles saying that most is from plastic- the implication being that it is cheap or inferior to lovely natural buttery, high quality leather.

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It's the same reason the fur industry are positioning themselves as a lovely natural, biodegradable, sustainable product. Because Marketing.

EatTheGnome · 27/07/2024 20:36

It's often made from plants. Think about who is paying to wrote and print articles saying that most is from plastic- the implication being that it is cheap or inferior to lovely natural buttery, high quality leather.

kikisparks · 27/07/2024 20:26

Definition of vegan is to avoid animal exploitation as far as possible and practicable. I don’t think we are exploiting the zooplankton of millions of years ago by using oil.

Theunamedcat · 27/07/2024 20:21

Cows arnt killed for milk it still doesn't make milk vegan

onceuponatree · 27/07/2024 20:20

Because the creatures weren't killed to make the product.

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