A 25-year-old's mission to revolutionise the wool industry - a podcast by RNZ

Logan Williams is a scientist, a serial inventor, the Director of Technology and Innovation at the New Zealand Merino Company, and could be the saviour to the wool industry... and he's only 25 years old. Logan is also the inventor and founder of Keravos, a plastic replacement created by combining coarse wool with polylactic acid from corn starch. Keravos pellets are not only biodegradable, but are lighter and cheaper than the traditional plastic pellets used to manufacture consumer products. He hopes to revolutionise the wool industry by purchasing waste wool from farmers for more than double market price. Logan has already developed four other inventions and in recognition of his work, he has been listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 for Asia-Pacific. He'll be speaking next week at the Boma New Zealand Agri Summit.

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