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Tômtex
Tômtex is a 100% bio-based material made from chitin derived from shellfish waste and discarded coffee grounds. Tômtex sustainable leather alternative is 100% natural biodegradable and made entirely from food waste.
A sustainable substitute that minimises the impact of the animal leather industry on the environment. Leather is extremely harmful to the environment. The chemicals used to tan the leather are not biodegradable; they are extremely damaging to the water, and they pollute the local population that come into touch with them. It's simply a really terrible business.
Tômtex also addresses the issue of plastics within vegan leather. Vegan leather is made from toxic polyurethane which take years to biodegrade.
Make Material Properties
| Material Make | Animal and Faux leather alternative made from food waste; seafood shells and coffee grounds |
| Applications | Offers brand and textile designers a sustianable substitute to leather materials harmul to the environment |
| Sustainability Level | Minimizes the usage of toxic chemicals present in animal and faux leather production (no tanning process involved in the production). Easily recyclable and 100% natural. |
| Supplier | Tomtex |
| Tags | Visual Merchandise Design, Prop Making, Window Display |