DW Podcasts | What’s better: Leather vs vegan leather – Living Planet @dw_podcasts | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
#leather #veganleather #environment
Vegan leather, synthetic leather, faux leather. Whatever you want to call it, it’s creating competition in the leather market. More and more shoe shoppers are switching to this non-animal-based alternative to help the climate. But are they just sidestepping another set of environmental concerns? In this episode, we break down the environmental footprint of leather and vegan leather, and try to clear up a few common misconceptions along the way.
Listen and subscribe to Living Planet wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/livingplanet Got a question for us? Email livingplanet@dw.com. And, if you like the show, leave us a rating and review on whichever podcast platform you use – and tell a friend!
Interviewees:
Kerry Senior, director of the UK Leather Federation
Michael Meyer, CEO and scientific director at the independent Freiberg Institute FILK
Chapters:
00:00 Can you tell vegan leather from real leather?
04:43 How the leather for your shoes gets made
07:39 Breaking down leather’s environmental footprint
09:49 Are more cattle being reared for the hides?
11:10 Breaking down vegan leather’s environmental footprint
15:54 The shortcomings of leather alternatives
19:46 A debrief and the answer
#leather #veganleather #environment
Vegan leather, synthetic leather, faux leather. Whatever you want to call it, it’s creating competition in the leather market. More and more shoe shoppers are switching to this non-animal-based alternative to help the climate. But are they just sidestepping another set of environmental concerns? In this episode, we break down the environmental footprint of leather and vegan leather, and try to clear up a few common misconceptions along the way.
Listen and subscribe to Living Planet wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/livingplanet Got a question for us? Email livingplanet@dw.com. And, if you like the show, leave us a rating and review on whichever podcast platform you use – and tell a friend!
Interviewees:
Kerry Senior, director of the UK Leather Federation
Michael Meyer, CEO and scientific director at the independent Freiberg Institute FILK
Chapters:
00:00 Can you tell vegan leather from real leather?
04:43 How the leather for your shoes gets made
07:39 Breaking down leather’s environmental footprint
09:49 Are more cattle being reared for the hides?
11:10 Breaking down vegan leather’s environmental footprint
15:54 The shortcomings of leather alternatives
19:46 A debrief and the answer
