Researchers create 'leather' from mangoes
Researchers at the Chennai-based Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) have developed a leather-like material from mango pulp. The material contains 50% mango pulp. It degrades faster than polyurethane leather.
CLRI chief scientist P. Thanikaivelan said the team combined mango pulp with a biopolymer in liquid and powder form which then underwent a simple process to be made
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