Watching @SundayTVNZ where they are talking about the state of "strong wool". @AS_Roberts & I learned a lot about this on the campaign trail from Waitomo sheep farmers. The cost of shearing is not being covered by the sale of the wool - they're making a loss. Why is our wool...
...industry in the doldrums?
Consider this... when you replaced your carpet, did you buy a wool or nylon carpet? What are school uniforms now made from? What are we insulating our houses with? Is that a synthetic fabric on your lounge suite? How much of what we insulate our...
...houses with, furnish our houses with, wear is wool? Wool is a reusable, renewable, sustainable & biodegradable product.
Nylon carpets and much of the insulation currently used is a potential future environmental headache.
And wool is fire resistant - isn't that a bonus!
OMG!! Imagine wool being used in nappies and sanitary products - that's game changing.
Wool being used with corn starch to replace plastic is absolutely huge!!
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