You should know that almost all “plant based leather” is made with plastic /u/k88closer /r/malefashionadvice

Almost all of the vegan leather alternatives that are currently available to consumers use plastic. For instance leather made from cactus, pineapple, mango, grape, apple, and many mushroom leathers is coated or bonded with polyurethane. Sometimes it’s less than 10% plant material.

There is Mycoworks Reishi which contains a lot less plastic (1%), and Mirum, which is plastic free. But neither of these materials are widely used and still emerging. Outside of some wallets, expensive ass Hermés bags, and Allbirds shoes, there aren’t a lot of options for low-plastic vegan leather goods. There’s a few other materials, but you can’t really find info on them other than that’s it’s in development.

I am not here to tell you what you should or should not buy. I am not here to argue about ethics. I just want to inform people, because I feel like there is a lot of misleading information from companies out there.

Almost all of the vegan leather alternatives that are currently available to consumers use plastic. For instance leather made from cactus, pineapple, mango, grape, apple, and many mushroom leathers is coated or bonded with polyurethane. Sometimes it’s less than 10% plant material.

There is Mycoworks Reishi which contains a lot less plastic (1%), and Mirum, which is plastic free. But neither of these materials are widely used and still emerging. Outside of some wallets, expensive ass Hermés bags, and Allbirds shoes, there aren’t a lot of options for low-plastic vegan leather goods. There’s a few other materials, but you can’t really find info on them other than that’s it’s in development.

I am not here to tell you what you should or should not buy. I am not here to argue about ethics. I just want to inform people, because I feel like there is a lot of misleading information from companies out there.