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Why choose wool

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posted on 2023-09-13, 02:42 authored by Andy CooperAndy Cooper, Katie FieldKatie Field

Enduring luxury and health

  • You can sleep easy with wool, as it can naturally control indoor air humidity maintaining it at a comfortable level all day and night.
  • Wool clothing is ‘breathable’, and improves wearer comfort. It looks good and feels good.
  • Wool fibres are naturally springy, and bounce back into shape when walked on or worn. This means wool products look better for longer.

Safe for your family

  • Wool is flame retardant up to 600º C, is self-extinguishing and has low smoke generation.
  • Wool has naturally high UV protection.
  • Wool is not known to cause allergies and does not promote bacteria growth.
  • Wool fibres naturally repel water giving built in stain resistance.
  • Wool naturally traps human and pet odours which helps eliminate smell in our homes.
  • Wearing wool improves the health of your skin.

Planet friendly

  • Wool is grown not made. Every year sheep eat pasture from land not suitable for growing crops, and turn it into nutritious meat and a new fleece of wool.
  • Wool products use less energy than man-made fibres during manufacture.
  • Unlike polluting synthetic fibres, wool readily biodegrades in the environment – in months not centuries

History

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This is an open-access output. It may be used, distributed or reproduced in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Publication date

2023-09-12

Project number

  • PRJ0567504

Language

  • English

Does this contain Māori information or data?

  • No

Publisher

AgResearch Ltd

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