There are definitely some great options out there that are made from plant material.
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Apple Reportedly Stops Production of FineWoven Accessories
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Up to $99 for a woven piece of recycled trash that probably cost less than $2 to produce did not help acceptance.
There is still a pecking order. Cat eats mouse, dog eats cat. Horse, cow and pig eat grass. Wolf, human (and other predators) eat them.
Let's see what excuse Apple brings to bring Leather back, after claiming they're doing it for "the planet".
Absolutely the only difference is humans had to give themselves a leg up the food chain, meet a lion or wolf without a gun or knife and realise how far down the food chain humans are.
When I read the title, boom, that’s all I needed to jump right in. I posted a comment here a while ago that I believed that Apple would discontinue this crappy case in the near future. I don’t think it was much of a stretch to predict this product’s demise based on what we were seeing. The case was a mistake from the moment it was conceived. If someone made the same comment earlier that the writing was on the wall and I didn’t happen to read it, so what? I don’t understand why you had to be snarky and condescending. Perhaps you could try to explain your thoughts to me in a more suitable and respectful manner next time.
Make your own company then. You can also manufacture and sell what you want.
Comparing the First Nations peoples’ use of Bison to large scale leather manufacturing for phone cases is hilarious.
Interestingly, there is a fake leather made from apples—Cartier use it for the strap on their new Solarbeat watch. You can just hear Tim now: "We couldn't be more excited to show you our new Apple Leather..."
Edit: MTD's Mac (#313) beat me to it.
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True. Without tools humans would've gone extinct millions of years ago. Because we've been using tools since before civilization.
Oh well, this is what happens when you place profits above quality. 🤷♂️
Another chapter of the stupid witch hunt made by big companies versus leather goods. Leather goods use as raw material waste from meat industry. Waste leather is really hard to dispose in a sustainable way. Poor fake leather goods are crappy, not durable and made of... guess what? PLASTIC. So, making fake leather goods is just dumb, and 2 times NOT eco-friendly.
As opposed to the infinite legacy of micro plastics in our world and food chain. While there are less toxic methods of tanning leather, anything produced in the hundreds of million units is hard to do as cleanly as something produced in the thousands or even tens of thousands.
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I always argue that Apple can sell nearly any garbage to its customers as long as it's priced high enough and has the premium packaging and the right logo on it.
Very happy to see that I'm at least a little wrong.
Phasing out leather in the name of animal rights and environmentalism was the wrong move to being with.
I don't care if you're recycling plastic. It's still plastic and it's still disintegrating from day one and turning into micro plastic particles.
Very happy to see that I'm at least a little wrong.
Phasing out leather in the name of animal rights and environmentalism was the wrong move to being with.
I don't care if you're recycling plastic. It's still plastic and it's still disintegrating from day one and turning into micro plastic particles.
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You don’t support helping the environment? The leather iPhone cases were still half plastic. And probably harder to recycle.
"All the campaigns against leather are some of the more idiotic manifestations of animal care and eco-consciousness.
Firstly, cattle hide is a waste product. No one raises cattle for their hides, and they are only processed after slaughter for meat.
Secondly, leather is one of the better biodegradable materials (of the sustainable ones). Even leather chemically tanned with chromium salts performs much better than plastics.
Replacing leather with leather-like products is utter nonsense. All vegan, vegetable, etc. leathers are simply plastic - mostly polyurethane with additives (usually PU is more than 70%). Advertising something like this as an eco-friendly material should be banned. Already pure plastic is more eco-friendly because it can be recycled - the "plant-based" ones are usually only suitable for incineration.
Any claim that moving away from hides saves CO2 is just plain rubbish. Leftover hides from meat production have to be disposed of anyway - leather goods/accessories are straightforwardly reprocessed waste.
Of course, the above does not apply to fur, nor to exotic skins, where one actually breeds animals intentionally."
Firstly, cattle hide is a waste product. No one raises cattle for their hides, and they are only processed after slaughter for meat.
Secondly, leather is one of the better biodegradable materials (of the sustainable ones). Even leather chemically tanned with chromium salts performs much better than plastics.
Replacing leather with leather-like products is utter nonsense. All vegan, vegetable, etc. leathers are simply plastic - mostly polyurethane with additives (usually PU is more than 70%). Advertising something like this as an eco-friendly material should be banned. Already pure plastic is more eco-friendly because it can be recycled - the "plant-based" ones are usually only suitable for incineration.
Any claim that moving away from hides saves CO2 is just plain rubbish. Leftover hides from meat production have to be disposed of anyway - leather goods/accessories are straightforwardly reprocessed waste.
Of course, the above does not apply to fur, nor to exotic skins, where one actually breeds animals intentionally."
First, many skins are taken as the main product, not the bi-product.
Second, Leather cases are half plastic and also contain magnets and copper. Completely unable to be recycled.
With the US acknowledging 5 x higher levels of Leukaemia associated with leather tanning, I guess we reap what we sow. But I guess dead people are easy to process too.
Agreed. Using plastics in the name of environmentalism is always a laugh.
Now get back to leather. Majority did not ask to go to a non leather product. Give us a choice please Apple.
And anti-leather people just move on and buy what you think works for you, but don’t stop all the people I know that want leather to not be able to buy a leather case from Apple.
And anti-leather people just move on and buy what you think works for you, but don’t stop all the people I know that want leather to not be able to buy a leather case from Apple.