Volvo to stop using leather in new cars by 2030

Re:Volvo to stop using leather in new cars by 2030 by xyzzy21 on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:02PM (#28645058)

Because if you eat beef, you have cow skin also. And cow bones. And cow entrails. And you have two choices of what to do with it: make leather with the skin or throw it into a landfill.

I'm 100% OK with leather for shoes, chairs, wallets, car interiors, etc. Because throwing it away is wasting it.

And I like beef. I raise steers to eat them. I'm not going to stop. I will NEVER become vegetarian, let along vegan.

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Re:Volvo to stop using leather in new cars by 2030 by rhn_mk1 on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:15PM (#28645247)

Skin doesn't become leather for free. Throwing it into the landfill is less resource intensive than turning it into leather, and possibly has a lower environmental impact.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning_(leather)#Health_and_e...

So you're not giving an insightful answer for why it's used instead of something else.

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Re:Volvo to stop using leather in new cars by 2030 by thefounder on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:28PM (#28646111)

>> has a lower environmental impact.

Did you consider the new interior of the car as well in the environment impact?

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Re:Volvo to stop using leather in new cars by 2030 by rhn_mk1 on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:38PM (#28646225)

That's a valid thing to consider, but what I wanted to address is that leather is not an obvious choice.

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