Uruguay and as one of the largest exporters of wool tops we use considerable volumes of water. However, we only use rainfall water in our scouring process, a natural and renewable source. We do not take water from rivers or ground water reserves’. ‘The waste water is treated in aerobic and anaerobic lagoons where it naturally degrades. There is no discharge into public water systems. After treatment, water purity levels comply with all control requirements and legal standards. Water can be sent back to natural water courses or used – as we do- for other purposes such as agronomic tree irrigation where we grow a forest of trees alongside the plant, increasing growth, contributing to a reduction in carbon dioxide, and reducing methane gas by 95%.
Lanas Trinidad uses rainfall water, a renewable resource, for its scouring process
Lanas Trinidad runs its processing plant using clean and renewable energy. Its wool scouring process uses biodegradable detergents and its combing process only uses sizing oils and biodegradable antistats. The company is ISO 9001-2008 (LATU/ IQnet/ OQS) certified and has GOTS Standard / IMO for organic wool certification, ISO 14001 - 2008 for environmental management and OHSAS 18001 -2007 for occupational safety, and Oekotex standard certification 100, RWS by Textile Exchange and Organic Precious Fiber OPF by Chargeurs. Lanas Trinidad operates its own testing laboratory that is Interwoollab certified.
Effluent treatment & electricity generation
‘Separating and sorting fleeces for the right application is one of the most important aspects of our process. Fleecesare separated according to fineness and quality - completing the first link of a sound traceability system. Most of our wool is sourced from farms that we have known for generations. We know their family, we know their wool, and this enables us to offer our customers perfect traceability of our tops - we know exactly where it has come from’, says Mr Otegui. For more information about Lanas Trinidad – Email: CwUruguay@wtp.com.uy www.lanastrinidad.com
Fleece is separated according to fineness and quality - completing the first link of a sound traceability system
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