@[email protected] to [email protected] • edit-28 days agoIt's a rule that the existence of vegan shoes implies the existence of carnivorous shoeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•8 days agoDepending on the reason for being vegan. For animal rights/ethics, yes. For health/climate, potentially less so.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭linkfedilink0•7 days 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🦄🦄🦄linkfedilink0•7 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•8 days agoSorry didn’t mean it as an actual question. More an incredulous tone
Vegans avoid animal products outside food too?
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.
Yes.
Sorry didn’t mean it as an actual question. More an incredulous tone
Vegans love microplastics.