Arts Thread

My master’s thesis explores Swedish wool waste as a sustainable and biodegradable solution for cleaning small boat harbours from oil and heavy metals, pollutants that spread throughout the water column and threaten marine ecosystems. Leakage from boats degrades water quality and calls for new, effective and environmentally friendly methods. In collaboration with wool experts, I developed Macro Fibers, a product made from repurposed wool from the meat industry, of which around 1,000 tons are discarded annually in Sweden. Wool can absorb up to 30 times its weight in oil, and the product can be cleaned and reused multiple times, extending its lifecycle and reducing waste. The absorbents are designed with inspiration from nudibranch warning colours and equipped with scale-like structures that increase the active surface area for uptake.