matrices blended with a little as 5 wt chopped wool fibers as compared to the unblended polymer unblended polyethylene demonstrates a tensile strength of only about 18 75 mpa whereas a polyethylene matrix containing as little as 5 wt chopped wool fiber loading demonstrates an increase in tensile strength up to above 20 mpa the following examples are provided by way of illustration and are not intended to be exhaustive or otherwise limiting to the claimed invention wool was chopped into small size fibers approximately 0 11 mm in length using a grinder with blade cutter suitable for fibrous materials ika mf 10 grinder was used general purpose polystyrene in pellet form was ground into small particles u02dc 0 5 mm the chopped wool fibers and polystyrene particles were dry mixed and fed to a lab mini extruder for the preparation of polymer wool molten blends the extrudates were dried in a vacuum oven overnight and then molded into samples suitable for izod impact and tensile strength tests according to astm d 256 and astm d 1708 respectively fig4 depicts a mixture of chopped fibers in a polymer matrix the same procedure as in example 1 was performed but the polymer used was high density polyethylene hdpe wool fibers continuous and polystyrene powder were put in a mold with dimensions of 100 cm u00d7 100 cm u00d7 3 5 mm l u00d7 w u00d7 d and melted under compression using a hot press the resulting sheet was cut into samples for izod impact strength measurements d was the thickness of the mold fig5 depicts a blended matrix of polymer and continuous fibers the same procedure as in example 3 was conducted but the polymer used was high.