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What is vegan leather?

What is pure plain leather? Vegan Leather is a new term derived from the development of the times. As the name suggests, it refers to animal friendly leather. The manufacturing materials and processes of these leather must be 100% animal free and environmentally friendly, in order to be called pure leather.
Although genuine leather (animal leather) products have always been popular, the production of each genuine leather product represents that animals have been taken away. With more and more people advocating the theme of animal friendliness, many brands are starting to look for alternatives to genuine leather. In addition to faux leather (synthetic leather/faux leather) that we know, the term Vegan Leather has also been added.
Vegan Leather has become popular in recent years. Some people may ask, what is the difference between Vegan Leather and Faux Leather?

Faux Leather is a well-known term that mainly refers to oily synthetic leather, oily PU leather, PVC, and other meanings. But although Faux Leather is animal friendly, it is very harmful to the environment. During production, it produces a large amount of wastewater, sludge, and even uses a large amount of toxic and harmful chemicals such as DMF, formaldehyde, toluene, etc., which affect human health.
With the increasing emphasis on environmental awareness, EU regulations prohibit the use of oily PU leather containing toxic and harmful substances in the production of goods.

Vegan Leather is a new term derived from the development of the times, which means absolutely animal friendly leather. Many people may misunderstand that Vegan Leather is made from pure plants, but in reality, leather made from pure plants has no scientific research certification, has not been actually introduced, and cannot be mass-produced. And water-based PU leather is based on a large number of scientific patents, with practical products that can be mass-produced to meet the huge market demand. It is truly an environmentally friendly synthetic leather that does not contain animal skin ingredients or harmful chemicals such as DMF. So currently, the environmentally friendly vegan leather Vegan Leather proposed by EU and other countries refers to environmentally friendly water-based PU leather, water-based microfiber, and water-based recycled leather.

Waterborne PU leather, also known as waterborne polyurethane synthetic leather, is a synthetic leather made from waterborne polyurethane polymer materials. It does not contain toxic organic solvents and is the latest generation of traditional solvent based synthetic leather. It is a product that conforms to the sustainable development of the world.

The production process is pollution-free and free from toxic and harmful waste gas and wastewater discharge. Free from harmful chemicals such as DMFa, DMFu, ortho benzene, PAHs, APEO, azo, BPA, formaldehyde, heavy metals, etc., it is healthy and environmentally friendly, truly harmless to the body. It can meet the latest EU/UK environmental standards and meet the highest environmental requirements for synthetic leather both domestically and internationally.