{"id":18189,"date":"2021-10-25T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=18189"},"modified":"2021-09-30T12:03:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:03:24","slug":"vegan-leather-in-car-interiors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/10\/25\/vegan-leather-in-car-interiors\/","title":{"rendered":"VEGAN LEATHER IN CAR INTERIORS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Volvo-interior-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Volvo-interior-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Volvo-interior.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many years ago one of our members wanted to purchase a\nhigher model Volvo without leather seats. He was unable to obtain this, and the\nsales person said, &#8220;You do not eat the seats, you know!&#8221; Volvo has\nnow announced they will offer vegan and sustainable alternatives. &#8220;The\nimpetus behind the move to vegan leather is based in company concerns about\nanimal welfare \u2014 the negative environmental impacts of cattle farming,\nincluding deforestation.&#8221; However, at this point, the company will still\noffer wool blends. Volvo Cars is also looking at ways to reduce the use of\nresidual products from livestock production commonly used within or in the\nproduction of plastics, rubber, lubricants, and adhesives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t be afraid to speak up and promote your vegan values when making purchases. After all, it wasn\u2019t that long ago that many of us kept requesting vegan donuts, burgers, milks, shoes, etc. at stores. If enough people ask, change will eventually happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See article at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2021\/09\/28\/tesla-inspired-vegan-leather-is-all-the-rage\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2021\/09\/28\/tesla-inspired-vegan-leather-is-all-the-rage\/<\/a><br>For more information on ingredients, go to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php<\/a><br> <br> The contents of this posting, our website, and our other publications, including Vegetarian Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your best judgment about whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many years ago one of our members wanted to purchase a higher model Volvo without leather seats. He was unable to obtain this, and the sales person said, &#8220;You do not eat the seats, you know!&#8221; Volvo has now announced they will offer vegan and sustainable alternatives. &#8220;The impetus behind the move to vegan leather [&hellip;]<\/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-18189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18189","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=18189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18191,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18189\/revisions\/18191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}