It’s ironic how things appear to go full circle. There was a time when natural materials like Wood wool were used extensively throughout industry. Then came the plastic age and polystyrene & polyurethane took over as the new materials to use. Wood wool was all but confined to the ranks as the poor relation only good enough for use in food hampers as a nostalgic token gesture. Now with the spotlight on the environment however it is fast making a comeback as the only real environmentally friendly material.

Huge amounts of oil are used each year producing the likes of polythene, polystyrene, and plastics. Take a moment to stop and think what actually happens to this material. They can take many millennia to break down in landfill and are contributing to a mass of waste on a global scale. Furthermore as our fossil fuel supply continues to diminish their continual manufacture is compounding the problem.

Wood wool is produced totally from sustainable softwood forests and for every tree that is felled to make Wood wool, at least 2 new trees are planted in it’s place.

Buy choosing to use wood wool as an alternative to plastics you are helping to maintain the environment, safe in the knowledge that Wood wool is part of a balanced cycle with the end user able to dispose of it in a responsible way.

Wood wool is hygienic and now dust free thanks to recent advances in it’s production. It can be used within the food industry and has been approved for this use by Trading Standards.

Wood wool has numerous uses within many industries including some of the following examples;

Packaging of electronics, industrial components, antiques, cosmetics, porcelain, china, ceramics, & glassware

Contract & Export packing

Stuffing for soft toys

Upholstery & mattress manufacture

Animal bedding

House insulation

Filtration

Antiques

Poultry breeding

Wood wool is also suitable for white stone products and has a PH value of 7.5. It can be recovered and reused many times and is light thereby saving on transportation costs.

It is no wonder then that Wood wool is regaining it’s popularity for the second time round. It is natures’ own product and nature will always get her own way. Sooner or later everything does go full circle. For the sake of the environment let’s all hope Wood wool is back for good this time.


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