Green Policy

  • Here at heidifeathers we want a business which works well with the earth we live on. We have 4 goals at heart: Animal Welfare, Recycling, Environmental Impact and Sustainability. All future decisions will be determined with these core values as our filter.
  • We always seek out British suppliers first. Which is why more than 95% of our suppliers are British. Helping other British companies and individuals to thrive and keeping air miles of our products to a minimum.
  •  We use high quality sustainable source either FSC or PCFS woods for all of our wooden felting handles, spindles and fulling blocks.
  • Our handmade felt balls are from azo free dye.
  • The All-in-one acid dyes we sell contain no animal products or harmful mordants and are non-toxic.
  • non-toxic dyes colour all of our dyed wool tops, batts, slithers, locks, and pre felt.
  • The wools have been scoured (cleaned) and dyed either in the UK or in Europe, subject to EU regulation.
  • Our wools have been ethically sourced, many are from British breeders. We source our merino from South America because it does not carry out mulesing of their flocks.
  • We do not supply any fibres from cage farmed animals such as mink, silver fox, angora etc.
  • Furthermore, we believe we source from free-range animals only. Our white merino is now organic! And we look to increasing our organic produce when available.
  • We recycle all paper and cardboard waste and packaging.
  • We pack wool in grip seal bags, and our needles in hard plastic needle tubes, both can be used to store the products and reused.
  • Our boxes are from a British supplier so reducing air miles and are made of at least 80% recycled cardboard, and or course can be fully recycled. We use paper, labels, and invoices produced with FSC wood.
  •  Our electricity is  from green fuel.
  •  With our aim of stopping using single use plastics we are now reusing all plastics we can that we receive from suppliers either in-house or as packing materials. We also request minimal packaging from them.
  • We are using paper bags for some of our goodies so reducing use of bubble wrap and plastic bags.
  • Likewise, we are phasing out plastic tape in favour of paper biodegradable tape. Any bubble wrap we sell is green recycled bubble wrap.
  • We are now using home compostable mailing bags or 100% recyclable paper mailing bags to post out your goods (size and availability permitting)
  •  Going forward we will update you with any changes as they happen. August 2021