Vegan Leather is a member of CrossRoads2: Sustainable Energy, which is financed by Interreg V Flanders-Netherlands, the cross-border cooperation programme with financial support from the European Regional Development Fund.
COâ‚‚ impact of leather
Toxic pollution
Harm to animals
Using a proprietary processing technology, fungal mycelium will be crosslinked into a myco-pulp, which can then be converted into biobased leather.
The MycoMaterials technology has low environmental impact, as the feedstock comes from upcycled agricultural waste – wheatstarch and lactose streams, protamylase stream (co-product of potato starch), or animal manure – and the mycelium cultivating process is energy efficient. Thus, the technology can contribute to a circular economy by connecting food and non-food supply chains.
Raw material production
Manufacture
and use
Disposal
Raw Material
Monomer production
Polymer production
Plastic conversion
Production of plastic products
Use
Collection/ sorting and recycling
End of life
This MycoMaterials project has received funding from Eureka (Project no. 153) and Vlaio (Grant agreement No. HBC.2021.1011) under the Eurostars programm
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