A deep dive into leather production & the global supply chain. We compare and contrast leather with pleather, also known as vegan leather, and uncover a multitude of environmental issues across the board, but particularly in pleather’s fossil fuel connections. Supply chain challenges. Chrome tanning. Polyvinyl chloride. Greenwashing. Caroline’s got opinions.

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EPA - Tanning Info
US Leather - Tanning Info
NYT - Vegan Leather
SGT Group - Leather & Sustainability
Forbes - Why Vegan Doesn’t Mean Sustainable
CDC - Vinyl Chloride
Statista - Global Market Value of Plastic
Wikipedia - Cancer Alley
Our World in Data - Plastic Pollution
IEA - Methane Tracker 2020
PopSci - Fossil Fuel & Plastic