/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10041014
Wanna share a "more you know" moment I've recently come across; So apparently pleather and leather have the relatively same carbon foot print. If you go brand by brand, they then can be "much better" or "much worse" on either end. Basically it comes down to this; Leather has the issue of animal suffering attached to it and pleather, once produced, never bio-degrades and so perminately adds to the plastic in landfills. Also; leather can be made "safely" but most producers choose cheaper methods which are more harmful to the leather workers handling the materials. Meanwhile pleather produces off-gasses that pollute the air around the factory.

So next time a vegan rants about the evils of leather in broad, general terms; remind them that it's a muddy grey zone where neither category of materials is inherently better.
(sorry about that, but i'm tried of girls at meets bragging about their super ethical lolita accessories)

>>10041163
Good and Good.