Sheeps just keep giving, Eco-friendly carpet!

In a past blog we’ve talked about how sheep’s wool is used as an eco-friendly building material in the form of home insulation.  Well, the sheeps in New Zealand want you to know that wool isn’t just for textiles and insulation, it also makes for a non-toxic eco-friendly carpet.  Standard carpet is typically made from polypropylene, nylon or polyester or some combination of those materials also combined with wool.  Polypropylene, nylon and polyester are petroleum based products that carry environmental consequences.  Now, that’s not to say a sheep doesn’t have environmental consequences as livestock in the world are major producers of greenhouse gas pollution.  As a result, there are experts that would probably challenge wool as a cut and dry eco-friendly carpet or building material input.  Whatever the case, wool is certainly natural and non-toxic which is also very important when it comes to carpet.   Possibly an even more eco-friendly carpet would be one made from recycled content like recycled plastic bottles.  U.S. manufacturer Mohawk makes a product called Everstrand with a patented process that takes premium PET from the highest-grade polymer, strengthens the fiber, and removes dirt-attracting residue with a multi-step purification system.   I think it’s pretty to safe to say the world of carpet has multiple eco-friendly options, I hope the options continue to develop.  Thanks for reading!