Comments on: What should I do with my animal products after becoming vegan?

By: Faye

Faye — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:13 +0000

1. Wear your shoes until they've fulfilled their use.

2. Toss out your animal-tested cosmetics.

3. Donate the belts and handbags to the Salvation Army.

4. Sell the couch and get a new one with the money.

5. There's nothing much you can do about the car, so, like your shoes, use your car until it's fulfilled its use.

Congrats on going vegan!

By: neutralsunflower

neutralsunflower — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:13 +0000

Well you should keep them. You want to show respect to the animals that were killed by using these things until they can no longer be used. I took all my moms leather purses that she was trying to throw away from the 70s because i thought it was a waste, they were perfectly new and I felt like the animal was being wasted.

Being vegan means respecting animals. If you threw everything away, you'd be disrespecting the animal that was already killed an sold.

By: Kel

Kel — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:13 +0000

Sell them and donate the money to an animal charity?

By: pceluvr

pceluvr — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:13 +0000

if ur vegan that also means that you dont use animal products, or by products. which includes the makeup. they torture the animals, so youre not respecting them by using those products. you should throw them away, or give them a way so they wont be wasted and youre not using them.

By: Vegan4life

Vegan4life — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:13 +0000

Natural sunflower pretty much got what i was thinking across!

By: Just! Some? Dude

Just! Some? *Dude* — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:13 +0000

Use them. Whatever damage you'll be attempting to avoid from now on has already been done for those items.

By: ideaguy83

ideaguy83 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:13 +0000

The usual thing to do is use them or give them to someone who could make use of them. The damage is already done, the best thing you can do to prevent future cruelty is to make sure those items get the best use possible. Especially clothing, shelters can often make use of the clothing.

By: Kim N

Kim N — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:13 +0000

I like neutralsunflower's answer. Just use them up.

By: exsft

exsft — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:13 +0000

Use them, donate them, sell them, whatever you think it is best. Just don't waste them.
As for you car interior, forget it. If you have it replaced, they will probably end up just throwing the leather away and there are other things in your car that came from animals anyway. If you try to remove them all, your car will be just be a really huge paperweight or tacky lawn furniture.

By: answerer

answerer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:13 +0000

I would dump the things you carry around with you or wear. The leather seats in your car are no big deal when you owned them before you went vegan, and it's not practical to replace those unless you are wealthy. You can change when you are ready to buy a new car. There are other animal materials in cars that are unavoidable anyway. You might consider seat covers if it bothers you. You can do the same with the sofa. There's not much sense in tossing out the sofa because any replacement will be filled with materials and chemicals that have been tested on animals anyway– like flame retardants. Use up your cosmetics until they're gone. In the meantime, you can shop around for new stuff. If you cannot afford to dump everything, replace a little at a time. What you already own and use is mostly irrelevant to your veganism, as you're stopping all future consumption of those things. However, immediately dump anything that is a fashion accessory made of animal material and serves no other useful purpose.

By: muhhlisssaa

muhhlisssaa — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:13 +0000

well whts done is done some of the things such as cosmetics can be tossed i think bt expensive things should b kept and used to respect the dead animal

By: Crashy McMuscles

Crashy McMuscles — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:13 +0000

I would donate everything to charity. Except the cosmetics, which I would either use up or throw away because you can't really give used make-up to charity.