{"id":15779,"date":"2020-07-14T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=15779"},"modified":"2020-06-30T12:17:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T16:17:13","slug":"mirum-an-all-natural-vegan-leather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2020\/07\/14\/mirum-an-all-natural-vegan-leather\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirum\u00ae: An All-Natural Vegan Leather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vegetarian Resource\nGroup published an article on our blog titled How Sustainable Is Vegan Leather?<\/a> in June 2020. At the time\nwe went to press, we had not yet received responses from several companies that\nmake all-natural vegan leather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we present the Q&A\nexchange we had through email with Dr. Luke Haverhals, the Founder and CEO of\nNatural Fiber Welding\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> (NFW), the company that creates Mirum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VRG:<\/strong> What is Mirum made of?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFW:<\/strong> Mirum is made from plants \u2013 both fiber and vegetable oils.\nSometimes we use clay and other inorganic fillers as well as natural inputs for\ncolors (e.g., turmeric can produce a lovely orange color).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because\nMirum uses only natural inputs, it does not become toxic waste like plastics.\nFew people understand that the reason why old clothes, shoes, etc. must be\nlandfilled is that petroleum-based plastic waste is toxic and cannot decompose\nwithout harming the biosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nVRG: <\/strong>Do you use ANY petrochemicals at any\nstage of production of Mirum?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFW:\n<\/strong>No, Mirum is natural. Mirum is\nrevolutionary and completely unique in the world in that we do not use any\npetrochemicals nor any synthetic glues\/polymers derived from petrochemicals.\nFor example, Mirum does NOT use polyurethane like many others who claim this\nhigh-carbon footprint, petroleum-based material is somehow \u201cvegan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\narticle<\/a> points out how plastic-containing materials can never be regarded\nas truly \u201cvegan.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFW\nis pioneering state-of-the-art manufacturing processes that use Plants, Not\nPlastic\u2122<\/em> because we desire to make the lowest resource (e.g., lowest carbon\nfootprint) materials possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nVRG: <\/strong>How quickly does Mirum biodegrade and\nunder what conditions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFW: <\/strong>It depends. If a tree falls in the forest, it may take a\nlong time to degrade. If the tree is chopped into small bits, the degradation\nprocess happens much faster. Mirum formulations are extremely tunable. Mirum is\nalways degradable since it is made only from nutrients. That said, the absolute\nbiodegradation characteristics are tunable as well and depend on both the raw\nmaterials utilized as well as the way in which the product is treated at the\nend of its lifecycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also worth\nmentioning that Mirum can be recycled. NFW will be scaling and implementing\nrecycling capabilities as we scale production of Mirum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While much hype and\nfunding has been given to biotech \u201csolutions\u201d that cannot scale, NFW has been\nquietly working to develop scalable technologies that actually deliver. In the\nsecond half of 2020, there will be major announcements of partnerships with\nglobal brands that know NFW has developed the truly game-changing technology\nplatforms that deliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note to Readers:<\/strong> When The VRG receives updates from NFW on Mirum as well as\nresponses from other all-natural vegan leather companies, we will post them\nhere on our blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contents of this posting, our website, and\nour other publications, including Vegetarian Journal, are not intended to\nprovide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a\nqualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient\ninformation from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a\nstatement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be\nmade. Please use your best judgment about whether a product is suitable for\nyou. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS The Vegetarian Resource Group published an article on our blog titled How Sustainable Is Vegan Leather? in June 2020. At the time we went to press, we had not yet received responses from several companies that make all-natural vegan leather. Here we present the Q&A exchange we had through email with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15781,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15779\/revisions\/15781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}