New Delhi: Students of Delhi University’s Ramjas College have developed vegan leather from discarded banana peels and will receive the Youth Changemakers for Animals Award from PETA India, according to an official statement. The material is durable and flexible and aims to give discarded fruit peels a second life while providing an alternative to animal-derived leather, according to PETA India. Kanishka Yadav, president of Enactus Ramjas, said the students were motivated by concerns over the treatment of animals used for leather as well as the environmental problems associated with discarded fruit waste. “At the same time, through our work in waste management, we saw the environmental challenges posed by discarded fruit peels. According to the statement, the students experimented with fruit waste before developing the banana-peel material and worked with faculty members while refining the process.