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P.2
What do you know about microplastics?
The history of textiles in Canada
- Canada currently produces 3 million pounds of wool a
year
Primary Microplastics:
Secondary Microplastics:
- bear river
Flax farms - pellets, erosion matts, insulation, using the bast fiber for textiles
Donut economy -
Circular ecnonmoy -
Explain the problem - whatever system of impacts it has on communities/environment - collaborate on a potential
solution/or steps you recommend we take… - get them to work on something that excites them
Questions for wave
How much do they process?
What are some of the biggest concerns or priorities for the wool industry in canada now?
A rundown on the history of fibre mills in ontario and canada? What led the industry you mentioned in north ontario to
dwindle off, Cheap synthetic fibers out east? Was there a big industry across canada (where were they really busy?)
Why do people believe it is so hard to start up a processing plant like yours (what do they think the major barriers are -
whats preventing the industry from booming with all this excess wool)? Too much difficulties in processing wool?
Costly to run, demand wasn't there.. To get them back in order.. Few historic still in order.. But they're very very hard to
come by … first ontario grown blue jeans
Read that canada had a more desirable wool? Is that true?