What is recycled merino wool?

What is recycled merino wool?

When we talk about wool in clothing, we often mean merino wool. Recycling merino wool is no different from recycling other wools.

Recycled wool simply comes from the mechanical recycling of existing wool clothes. Recycled merino wool therefore comes from recycling merino wool clothes only, and it keeps the same characteristics.

From an environmental point of view, recycling merino wool is part of a circular economy approach. It avoids wasting a material, and all the natural resources involved in making it (farming, dyeing, spinning, weaving...). In other words, it makes new from old.

Recycling merino wool is a way to reduce the environmental impact of livestock farming, which is responsible for significant CO2 emissions and the use of polluting chemical inputs.

Why merino wool?

Merino wool comes from the merino sheep, a breed with a very thick fleece.

Merino sheep's wool is known for its quality, its thermoregulating properties and its softness, unlike other wools that "itch". A merino sheep can produce between 4.5kg and 9kg of wool a year.

80%* of the world's merino production comes from Australia. There are also farms in New Zealand and South Africa.

*Source: Futura Sciences