It biodegrades like hair. Not like plastic.
Alpaca fiber is natural, not a petroleum byproduct.
| 100% Alpaca | Acrylic | |
|---|---|---|
| Origin | Natural, animal fiber | Petroleum byproduct |
| Biodegradability | Biodegrades, like human hair | Doesn't biodegrade, persists like plastic |
| When burned | Turns to ash instantly | Melts into hard plastic |
It's not marketing. It's how each material behaves.
This isn't an environmental certification. It's a fact about the fiber. That same care extends to people: the weavers from the area, most of them mothers, work with us under the same arrangement Paulina received from the nuns back in 1998.
Woven in Andahuaylillas, Cusco, where the earth and the fiber come from the same place.