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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•edit-21 year agoWhen I worked on a dairy farm I had to replace my leather boots every 9 months because the moisture and manure broke the leather down. Leather that is kept dry is very resistant to rot, leather that is allowed to stay wet is not.
minus-squareLemongrablinkfedilink2•1 year agoI’m pretty sure that was because of its exposure to animal waste products which are acidic and not the typical environment leather is exposed to.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 year agoThat would tend to suggest that it would also do alright in compost doesn’t it?
minus-squareLemongrablinkfedilink1•1 year agoNot the same corossive chemicals, constant wear, and liquid exposure as a compost. Your typical good compost most like won’t have those characteristics and likely shouldn’t either.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoOr OP it’s because wears out boots because they work hard. Wearing out boots is not biological degradation.
When I worked on a dairy farm I had to replace my leather boots every 9 months because the moisture and manure broke the leather down.
Leather that is kept dry is very resistant to rot, leather that is allowed to stay wet is not.
I’m pretty sure that was because of its exposure to animal waste products which are acidic and not the typical environment leather is exposed to.
That would tend to suggest that it would also do alright in compost doesn’t it?
Who puts animal waste in their compost?
Not the same corossive chemicals, constant wear, and liquid exposure as a compost. Your typical good compost most like won’t have those characteristics and likely shouldn’t either.
Or OP it’s because wears out boots because they work hard.
Wearing out boots is not biological degradation.