Plastic-free vegan leather that dyes itself grown from bacteria | Imperial News | Imperial College London
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Researchers at Imperial College London have genetically engineered bacteria to grow animal- and plastic-free leather that dyes itself.
  • Zier@fedia.io
    154·
    9 months ago

    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.

    • セリャスト@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      118·
      9 months ago

      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@fedia.io
        111·
        9 months ago

        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.

        • 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org
          10·
          9 months ago

          How much plastic is used in the raising of a cow? In either case the full lifecycle needs to be considered.

          But TBH veganism isn’t necessarily an environmental movement. There’s often overlap, but nothing about being ethically opposed to farming and killing animals means one is more environmentally conscious.

          • Zier@fedia.io
            21·
            9 months ago

            True. Veganism is not an environmental movement, however, not eating animals is a huge environmental improvement.

      • darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org
        5·
        9 months ago

        While I am very concerned about the environment, I’m not ok with killing another animal just so I can wear it’s skin.

  • kirbowo808@kbin.social
    111·
    9 months ago

    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.

  • rewarp@slrpnk.net
    31·
    9 months ago

    How long before I can order them and grow my own shoe? Exciting stuff!