NWT Everlane The Cactus Leather Sling Bag in black. Made with faux leather made from cactus. Looks like the real thing! Some have minor scratches from storage. Please review pics. No watering. No pesticides. Nopales. In collaboration with Desserto®, we took our best-selling sling bag and remade it with organically sourced prickly pear cactus. The Desserto® textile is our first plant-based material to be used as a leather alternative. Why cactus? It has a great CO2 sequestering capacity and acts like a natural carbon sink, while using zero irrigation and naturally regenerating soil. Plus, 50% of the byproduct is used to feed cattle. It’s a cruelty-free, sustainable material without any of the toxic chemicals, phthalates, and PVC that conventional leather has.