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why is leather a renewable resource?

it says on the aqa spec that it's a renewable resource, why?
presumably because the meat industry will be breeding cows etc regardless, so leather will invariably be a byproduct of that, replenishing the "supply" of leather.
Also it's alternatives are all plastic based, and plastic is certainly not renewable.
(edited 4 years ago)
Because the raw resource (cattle) can be easily replaced. It's not like something like coal where there is a finite supply of it
Original post by dolphins123
it says on the aqa spec that it's a renewable resource, why?


@CoolCavy's short but precise answer put it in a nutshell: coal (as fossil fuels for instance) is a finite resource in nature and comes to an end anytime, while the cattles can reproduce themselves to keep the population of farm animals for leather.

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