that the USA in 2019 had an amount of 34.3 million cattle processed for the food industry and therefore resulted in the same number of cattle hides, whereas only 80% (27.3 million) of the cattle hides were used in domestic and global leather production, and 7 million cattle hides ended up in landfills as waste with a significant negative impact to the environment?

*  Source: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/animal-products/cattle-beef/statistics-information/
   https://www.usleather.org/press/Real-Leather-is-the-Sustainable-Choice