what is the difference between pleather and vegan leather?
Vegan leather is a marketing term used to refer to many types of faux leather. It is also known as artificial leather, synthetic leather and faux leather. Pleather or polyurethane (PU) leather is referred to as vegan leather because it is made from petroleum and plastics.
There are two types of PU leather; semi-synthetic and full-synthetic
Semi-synthetic PU leather has an animal leather base with a dried PU plastic mixture on top. Full synthetic PU leather has a base fabric material such as polyester, cotton, nylon, or rayon with a plastic coating applied over a base fabric. Full synthetic PU leather is marketed as vegan leather as there are no animal skins used. However, the environmental impact of PU leather is significant.
There are new vegan leather alternatives known as biomaterials, including apple leather, pineapple leather, mycelium leather, plant leather, cactus leather and more.
