wijld is a team works for fair and environmentally friendly clothing made of wood. The wood they use comes from certified sustainable forestry, which makes it Water, energy consumption and Co2 emissions are reduced in wood fiber production from sustainable forests compared to cotton production.

Today, the clothing industry mainly stands for fast fashion.

The appreciation of clothing fell rapidly. Clothing that is very labour and resource intensive is now almost worthless from the buyer's perspective and often disposed of after being worn only a few times.

A closer look at the clothing industry of recent years reveals that two raw materials form the basis of today's textile production: polyester and cotton.

More than 60% of all fibers used worldwide for clothing are made from synthetics such as petroleum-based raw materials.

25 % of fibers are made of cotton.

About 1 % organic cotton constituting.

The remaining 15% of fibers consist of wool, cellulose-based fibers and other natural fibers such as hemp or linen.

The tremendous increase in the consumption of clothing is also increasing the demand for inexpensive raw materials. As a result, the production of synthetic, and thus petroleum-based fibers, has increased as has the use of pesticides and fertilizers in cotton.

Clothing should bring more value once again, with regards to every single step in the production process and the selection of the material to be processed.

forests serve as habitats for a wide variety of animal and plant species. Trees are of course also very important for climate protection. They serve as CO² stores. It is assumed that trees store 49% of global CO². By converting trees into wood products, the CO² they contain remains stored, since it is only released during the biological decomposition of the wood. Thus all wood products contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Wijld started to work on wood fiber production, The wood they use comes from certified sustainable forestry, from Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic. As more is always planted than harvested.

In forestry no additional fertilisers need to be used to produce the wood fiber, while different fertilisers and pesticides are used to grow cotton.

The high water consumption caused by artificial irrigation of cotton plantations in areas with low rainfall while Trees in forests do not need the artificial water supply and can store water longer and in larger quantities than a comparable open spaces.

Raw material wood lies in the size of landed needed for cultivation. For the same amount of fibers, the area required for cotton is on average 300 to 500 % larger than for their wood fibers.

To make the wood fibers:

They extract the cellulose from the raw material wood. Then they dissolved it in organic, environmentally friendly “N-methylmorpholine N-oxides (NMMO)” by dehydration without chemical modification.

Pulp is then filtered and pressed through spinning glands. The resulting fibers are then precipitated into a bath with aqueous NMMO solution and then combined as a fiber strand.

The solvent can be recycled again and again as it can be easily removed from the fiber due to its excellent water mixing properties.

The fabric can absorb moisture optimally and quickly release it again, which leads to a temperature-balancing and antibacterial effect. Which supports the body's own cooling effect.

Water, energy consumption and Co2 emissions are reduced in wood fiber production from sustainable forests compared to cotton production.

Which makes it a great sustainable material especially for today's clothing industry.