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Semi-Autonomous Scoping Study logo
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Semi-Autonomous Scoping Study

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Automated shearing technology has been of widespread interest to wool growers since the 1990s when technological feasibility was first demonstrated. Despite its potential, autonomous or semi-autonomous shearing has not been translated into a commercially viable product. This investment will utilise experimental analysis and industry consultation to develop a principled understanding...

3 Apr 2018 - 1 Mar 2019

New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)

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Measurement of Follicle density and diameter

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Current measures of wool follicle density are expensive and time consuming as they require a biopsy sample of the animal’s skin, chemical processing and microscopic analysis. This process is expensive and can take several weeks. This investment explores the potential use of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), commonly used in ophthalmology...

1 Dec 2019 - 31 Aug 2020

New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)

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Virtual Fencing

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

‘Enhancing the profitability and productivity of livestock farming through virtual herding technology’ is a four-year Australian Government-sponsored Rural R&D for Profit project. It is aimed at evaluating the application of virtual herding technology across different production systems and to examine the responses of different livestock (dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep)...

25 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2020

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Global use phase survey for apparel CLSD logo
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Global use phase survey for apparel CLSD

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This study involved a ‘global’ survey to generate data on the serviceable life of wool apparel and other fibre types during the use phase. The survey was conducted in five key clothing consumer markets: China, USA, UK, Germany and Japan to collect objective data on clothing care regimes as well...

1 Oct 2018 - 15 Mar 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Integrity Ag Services Pty Ltd

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Biodegradation of textiles in marine & terrestrial environments.

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project assessed the marine and terrestrial biodegradation of major apparel fibre types, including shrink resist treated and untreated wool apparel fabrics. The study addressed an important knowledge gap about the biodegradability of wool finishing processes, enabling AWI to respond with scientifically defensible evidence to challenges that wool clothing contributes...

8 Oct 2018 - 30 Jun 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Integrity Ag Services Pty Ltd

Communicating Wool's Circularity CLSD logo
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Communicating Wool's Circularity CLSD

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Contributing to AWI's strategy of creating a level playing field between wool and fossil fuel fibre types, this study explored wool's circularity and history of reuse and recycling. These attributes are acknowledged as key to addressing the problem of fast fashion but are largely overlooked by Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)...

1 Jan 2019 - 30 Apr 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Integrity Ag and Environment Pty Ltd

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Best practice care of clothing

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Wool’s ability to absorb body odours and bind them within the fibre until the garment is washed presents an advantage to both the wearer and the planet, compared to other fibre types. This project is aiming to obtain the evidence needed to quantify the latter – addressing a key knowledge...

15 Mar 2019 - 30 Jun 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) [Vic]

Plastic Leak Project CLSD logo
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Plastic Leak Project CLSD

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

The environmental impacts of plastics and microplastics are currently omitted from Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) due to it being a novel area of science and this omission favours the LCA scoring of synthetic fibres over natural fibres. The Plastic Leak Project (PLP) is a pre-competitive multi-stakeholder initiative with over 20...

31 Mar 2019 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

4c Design

Defining the environmental CLSD logo
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Defining the environmental CLSD

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

There is growing interest by consumers and brands to understand the sustainability of their clothing's supply chain all the way back to the farm. However meaningful and cost-effective tools for assessing the environmental performance of farms are lacking. This project developed, documented and validated protocols for Environmental Economic Accounting (EEA)...

22 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

AgriFutures Australia

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Participation in EU PEF TAB

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

AgriFutures Australia, GRDC, MLA, CRDC, AWI, APL, FRDC, Australian Eggs

1 Mar 2020 - 31 Dec 2021

New South Wales, Australia