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Record down usage is less than 1% of global total

05/06/2014

The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has revealed the results of a survey of the outdoor sector’s use of down. 

The work was undertaken in response to requests from members and was done to establish the type, quality and quantity of down used across the manufacture of outdoor products. 

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