- BERGAMO - It is urgent to recover the wool supply chain, from shearing, to washing up to its reuse and to stop probable pollution deriving from the destruction of wool, often burned or disposed of in the fields.
This was the alarm raised today in Gandino (Bergamo) at 'Tramando s'innova', a meeting to promote the process of transforming wool from special waste into a resource.
The project sees the cooperation of Gal Barigadu-Guilcer, Gal Valle Seriana and the Bergamaschi Lakes, Gal Quattro Parchi Lecco-Brianza, Lane d'Italia Agency and CNR IBE (Institute for Bioeconomy, National Research Council).
In Italy the wool of 8 million sheep, raised more for dairy purposes and meat production than for weaving, is - it has been underlined - practically unused.
Farmers do not know how to use dirty, freshly shorn wool that has yet to be washed, due to the lack of washing centers for small and medium quantities.
Some try to keep it, while others are forced to dispose of it and pay for it.
The reason?
The legislation considers dirty wool as a special waste and, without the availability of a washing plant,
The goal shared by the project partners is to give wool a new life to support the territories and those who take care of them, first and foremost the shepherds.
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