Leather Pipeline: leather as a sustainable alternative to polluting plastics
09/01/2018
“The oceans are polluted and it gets worse every day,” the author says. “The use of more leather will not solve the problem but it is unacceptable that a sustainable material is constantly under attack and used as a tool by various organisations for their political ideas. The constant uncritical obedience by the industry to every request will, in our opinion, not serve us well.”
He says too much energy is spent worrying about animal welfare organisations. “The industry is basically offering excuses instead of focusing on the fact that high standards are prevalent from the farm to finished product in 90% to 95% of business,” he says.
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