Meet BM Leather: The leather made from the residue left behind while brewing beer - Yanko Design

Here's 1 more than reason to love beer! Developed as a 100% environmentally-friendly, animal-friendly and chemically free alternative to leather, BM Leather takes one of the wasted by-products of beer-brewing and turns it into a cloth that mimics fake-leather, but volition biodegrade (and even fertilize) when disposed. Designer Mi Zhou developed the textile for Stella McCartney in a bid to make manner much more sustainable, in a fashion that doesn't create waste, simply rather reduces it.

For every tonne of beer brewed, you've got a quarter of a tonne of beer mash, the residual grain/pulp, left behind from the brewing process. Converting this into a textile, BM Leather uses a by-product in a way that upscales it into a way production. Produced in cooperation with Beavertown Brewery, Mi Zhou developed a leather-esque fabric out of the remainder wet mash, which comprises mainly mashed grain, husk, sugars, and water. The vegan-friendly leather, adult keeping Stella McCartney'southward brand ethos and commitment to animal and eco-friendly fashion, uses zero chemicals, is 100% natural, and tin can even be dyed in different colors, making information technology a great new material for manner designers to toy with, and a lovely button for the fashion industry towards sustainability!

Designer: Mi Zhou for Stella McCartney