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Apple's Leather-Alternative iPhone 15 Cases Said to Have Different Texture
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The only iPhone case not rumored to be discontinued by Apple.
Does this one yellow over time like most other clear cases?
Because plastic is so good for the environment… 😉
I suspect lots of companies will fill the gap Apple has left… 👍🏻
I agree with your other comments but this one is factually incorrect. Cattle ranching has a measurable impact on greenhouse emissions, and it’s pretty big.
The problem I have with Apple’s FineWoven material marketing is that it’s greenwashing.
If they had substituted the leather case for ones made out of a renewable product, that would be great and I’d be all on board.
But instead they’re using a product that’s equally bad for the environment and calling it progress. Recycled plastic is still plastic, that will remain in the environment forever and can only be recycled partially… it will eventually end up in a landfill.
The biggest problem is this does nothing to curb new plastic production, but actually incentivizes it.
Leather and plastic are two sides of the same coin.
It’s so much worse than landfills. Microplastics are in our water, oceans, air, the meat, fruit & vegetables we eat, it’s actually in most people’s bloodstream! 😡
Could microplastics in human blood pose a health risk?
Scientists recently found microplastics circulating in human blood for the first time but the health risks of this revelation remain largely unclear.
www.medicalnewstoday.com
I wonder how this fine woven material wears, is this going to create fine microplastics due to friction with fabric in pockets?
Leather is a byproduct of the food industry. This will not reduce the killing of bovines by even one.
The best leather iPhone case I’ve ever owned I bought directly from the leather worker at the Pleasanton Scottish Games.
Isn't that a cruel thing to do to plants? At least a cow can try to run away. Plants are doomed because they are rooted to the ground.
Like everyone they pick and choose what kind of life they will kill to keep themselves alive.
You are intentionally conflating bovine hides which are a byproduct of food production with the skins of other animals (snake skins and other animals farmed for their fur).
Where do you draw the line? Is it ok to take antibiotics to save your life knowing it will kill billions of single cell animals?
not at all. calves are slaughtered specifically for leather and veal is the byproduct.
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Having watched the operation of a modern slaughter house while beef, pork, and sheep were processed I can personally assure you that no animals were dismembered while still alive.
having watched the operation of one slaughterhouse you can personally assure us of what does or does not happen in all slaughterhouses?!?
that's quite a feat!
The first two steps in modern laughter houses is first stun the animal, usually with an electric shock, then hang them by their hind legs and slit their throat to drain the blood which goes to a separate processing area. At this point they are beyond all doubt dead. If you doubt they are dead with no blood, the third step removes their head.
Cows and steers, unlike chickens have never been known to run around headless.
Not sure what the point is of your description of the modern mass murder of captive tortured animals
To demonstrate the error of your statement that animals are dismembered while still alive.
That’s a win-win.
But they’re living organisms. 😱 What’s your complexity/evolutionary limit?