The fashion industry significantly contributes to excess atmospheric carbon, contributing to climate change. But did you know that wool sequesters carbon?
Organic carbon makes up 50% of the weight of wool and is part of the natural carbon cycle. The carbon stored in wool comes from sheep digesting plant materials that capture carbon from the atmosphere.
Wool stores or sequesters carbon in a wearable form for the lifetime of a wool garment, and at the end of the garment’s life, the wool fibre can biodegrade and return to the soil to release valuable nutrients back into the earth.
Curious about wool and the carbon cycle? Learn more in our fact sheet available for download: https://ow.ly/jQHC50SmWAJ
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