The vegan leather also call bio-based leather, which is made from various plant-based materials such as pineapple leaves, pineapple peels, cork, corn, apple peels, bamboo, cactus, seaweed, wood, Grape skin and mushrooms etc, as well as recycled plastics and other synthetic compounds. In recent years, due to the vegan leather itself eco-friendly and sustainable property, which attracting many manufacturers and consumers, it makes the vegan leather rising quietly, and is now playing more and more important role in the synthetic leather market.
Some common vegan leather in our daily life.
Corn Leather
Corn is our daily food, we are all familiar with it. The husk that is wrap outside the corn, we usually throw it away. Now using the technology and production craft, derived the fibers of corn husks, these fibers are processed and treated to create a durable bio-based leather material, which with soft hand feeling, good breathability and biodegradability characteristic. Thus, on the one hand, it can reduce the pile of domestic waste; on the other hand, it can make the reuse of resources.
Bamboo Leather
It is well know that bamboo itself has natural antibacterial, antibacterial, anti-mite, anti-odor and anti-ultraviolet properties. Making use of this natural advantage, use the production technology to extract the bamboo fiber, after processing, compression and processing into bamboo biobased leather, which makes bamboo biobased leather also has antibacterial, antibacterial properties, so it is very popular with people, and is widely used in shoes, bags, clothing and other products.
Apple Leather
Apple leather is made from the pomace, or leftover pulp and skins, of apples after juice extraction. The pomace is dried and ground into a fine powder, which is then mixed with natural binders and process in apple bio-based leather, which with soft and unique texture and natural scent making it become an attractive choice for consumers.
Cactus Leather
Cactus is a desert plant known for its resiliency and sustainability. The cactus leather, also known as nopal leather. Cut off mature cactus leaves without harming the cactus, mash them into small pieces, dry them in the sun, then extract the cactus fibers, process them and convert them into cactus bio-based leather materials. Cactus leather with its soft, durable and waterproof properties, making it become an ideal choice for shoes, bags and accessories.
Seaweed Leather
Seaweed leather: Seaweed is a renewable and sustainably harvested Marine resource, seaweed bio-based leather, also known as kelp leather, which is processed to extract its fibers, and then combined with natural adhesives. Seaweed leather is lightweight, breathable, biodegradable and an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional leather. It is also praised for its unique texture and natural colors, as its inspired by the ocean.
Pineapple Leather
Pineapple leather is made from pineapple leaves and peel waste. Extracting the fiber of the pineapple leaves and peel, then under the pressed and dried, the next combined the fiber with natural rubber to produce into a durable pineapple bio-based material, which has become an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional leather.
From the above, we can learn that all of the raw materials for bio-based leather are organic, these resources were originally discarded or incinerated, causing environmental pollution, but they are transformed into raw materials of bio-based leather, which not only reuses agricultural waste, reduces the pressure on natural resources, but also reduces the dependence on animal leather, providing a sustainable solution for leather industry.
Post time: Jun-15-2024
