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Study: wool bio-degrades quickly, treated wool even moreso

31/03/2020

A study by the Woolmark Company is said to have demonstrated that Merino wool — including wool with polyamide resin coating — biodegrades relatively rapidly and does not contribute to the issue of microplastics in our oceans.  According to results from the study, titled Microfibre Pollution and the Marine Biodegradation of Wool, both untreated...

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