Down and feathers are a unique natural resource. Since feathers and down offer a combination of naturalness, heat retention with minimal weight, active breathing and moisture transfer they are especially suited as filling material of bedding articles and clothing. As far as we are aware, there is no alternative material available which offers the same properties. From an environmental point of view it is to the credit of down and feathers that no raw materials have to be used since both of them accrue as by-products of meat production.
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Verband der Deutschen Daunen- und Federnindustrie e.V.
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