Bioassembled textiles that look like leather are grown from waste from the fruit industry.
In Guanajuato, one of the most important industrial corridors in Mexico, Polybion® is making biotextiles from food waste from the agro-industrial sector. Celium® is the name of this material that looks like leather. This bacterial cellulose membrane that was made in a lab is a unique biomaterial that works and feels like animal leather but is neither made of animals nor plastic. Together, the leather and cattle industries kill more than 1 billion animals every year and cause more than 18% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Animal leather is not only very bad for the environment, but it also takes 14,000 liters of water to make 1 kilogram of usable leather. In a world where there isn’t enough water and the climate is changing, Polybion makes Celium®, a bio-made leather that is sustainable. Celium® is made from agroindustrial food waste and has many consumer applications. It can be tanned, dyed, embossed, and shaped the same way animal leather can. This makes it easy for the leather industry to reduce its impact on the environment.
Positive facts about Celium® Cell-based Biotextile
Use only 5% of the water used to produce conventional leather
Uses only 10% of the energy used to produce conventional leather
No deforestation related to the production of leather
Can drive positive consumer behaviours and sales in the long run
Celium® Cell-based Biotextile website : https://polybion.bio/
