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We’ve seen a number of bio-based vegan leathers introduced over the past few years, from apple, mushroom, and pineapple leaf-sourced solutions to collagen-simulated sheets. Expanding this group is cactus leather, a material unveiled back in 2019 that has started to gain some traction due to being featured in a Milan Fashion Week presentation. Despite this visibility, adoption of this partially biodegradable material has been gradual, from shoes, bags, wallets, and jackets to seating in cars. Requiring minimal water to grow, being a renewable resource, and helping manage carbon dioxide make it more sustainable compared to other vegan leathers introduced thus far, particularly synthetics like polyurethane and PVC.
