In this edition, ILM Deputy Editor Tom Hogarth presents three articles from Dr Redwood on the choice of brands to use plastic materials over leather, the consequences of that choice, and how we should approach the issue as an industry.
The three articles are: Using anger wisely, There is a joker in town, and Nature hates waste, all published here on the International Leather Maker website.
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