Why would you call something “plant based” when it uses a lot of plastic which after short time degrades and exposes it to the environment?

  • Luccus@feddit.org
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    9 hours ago

    YSK: Cellulose can be made extremely durable and water resistent. The wallet I’ve been using for a decade now is made of cellulose. The stitching was kinda bad from the start, so I’ve had to repair it once. But the material itself is still holding stong. And it feels nice and is very grippy.

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      8 hours ago

      “TreeLeather” or something like that, was 1 brand of the cellulose “leather” stuff…

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