Cactus leather, No more killing of animals! According to mexican entrepreneurs

Cactus leather, a eco- friendly will save billion animals per year: 

Over the century, the only source of leather known to humankind is animal skin. Expensive fashionable bags and belts are being shown off at the expense of killing animals.

However, as technology has advanced over the years, things which seemed impossible, are possible like going to space, or making leather out of cactus! Yes you read that right!

Now you can flamboyant your leather bag without feeling guilty or looked at by animal lovers.

Mexican entrepreneurs Adrián López Velarde and Marte Cázarez launched Desserto, the first organic leather made out of cactus. The vegan leather made out of nopal (a cactus) was first unveiled at the International Leather Fair Lineapelle 2019 in October.

Every year billions of animals are abused and killed for their skins to make leather products. To meet the demands of leather, billions of animals are tortured for fashion and lifestyle. Nowadays many people are taking initiatives against cruelty on animals. Recently Bollywood actress Sunny Leone announced that she will never use any products that are made up of leather and she is also associated with PETA. Even in western countries, people are promoting vegan to stop violence against animals.

 What is cactus leather?

It is the first organic leather made out of the cactus plant also known as Desserto. There are many brands on the market that are making vegan leather products and are animal-free. But most of them use plastic driven materials. But Desserto has come up with the nopal cactus leaves and this has the potential to rule the vegan leather industry.

How This Idea Came?

Adrián López Velarde and Marte Cázarez came up with the idea after working in the fashion and furniture automotive industries. There, they identified that environmental pollution is a serious problem. They decided to leave their job and started with Adriano Di Marti to focus on creating Desserto, a nopal vegan leather. You can also check out their video about Cactus Leather.

Leather products cause heavy damage to the environment and is one of the most significant contributors to climate change. According to PETA, the global leather industry accounts for more than a billion animal killings for raw materials. 

Desserto is a highly sustainable plant based vegan-leather made from cactus, often distinguished by its great softness at touch while offering a great performance for a wide variety of applications and complying with the most rigorous quality and environmental standards. The aim is to offer cruelty free, sustainable alternative, without any toxic chemicals, phthalates and PVC. The result, Desserto, the Cactus Vegan-Leather, is partially biodegradable and has the technical specifications required by the fashion, leather goods, furniture and even automotive industries.

Date: 13-04-2020

Day: Monday