Producing leather from animal skin is a practice humans have engaged in for thousands of years, but the environmental consequences of modern processing techniques have led some to seek a greener ...

A New York-based company is using science to create a vegan leather alternative. From their lab in White Plains, the company produces premium bio-based leather sheets made from wheat, soy, corn and ...

Every day, the Wilson football factory in Ada, Ohio, produces about 3,000 footballs, some of which will wind up being used in NFL games. Yet as the Wilson employees cut out the the leather for the ...

SU SAN SHAPIRO HAS MORE TONS OF LEATHER SCPSRA ARE DISCARDED EACH YEAR BY MANUFACTURERS OF EVERYTHING FMRO BOOTS TO BAGS OFTEN ENDING UP IN LANDFILLS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF MATERLIA THAT IS COMING IN ...

Mushroom “leather” could offer a sustainable alternative to traditional cattle-raised leather. Credit: MycoWorks. Having been in the market for a millennium, the leather industry is well established.

In a breakthrough for bio-based materials, scientists have made leather from the fibers of discarded pineapple leaves that's comparable to the real thing and also outperforms other existing plant ...