Stormy Kromer, a wool hat maker, has increased its efforts to decrease scrap material wastage.
Bemidji Woolen Mills in Minnesota has joined forces with the firm.
Stormy Kromer has been pondering what to do with its wool leftovers for quite some time. They collaborated with Bemidji Woolen Mills to develop a method of upcycling trash into new goods. This will save around 21,000 pounds of wool scraps from being disposed of in landfills each year. The first cargo of scrap metal arrived last week.
“They’re going to distribute the leftovers through a network of local artists who will recycle them, use them in their various crafts and creative activities, and reconstruct those scraps into new things,” Thorsen explained.
Thorsen added that discontinued goods and prototype wool products will be available during the yearly warehouse sale in Ironwood.
