Lights on fishing nets reduce unwanted bycatch.
But, once discarded, fishing nets endanger sea life. Enter a British startup, which aims to reuse old nets and reduce marine pollution.
With the help of small investors, the English founder has developed a patented machine in a shipping container, which can shred and clean up to 20kg of old nylon nets per hour.
The resulting granulate material is sold to companies. These in turn convert it into filament for 3D-printing or use it in injection moulding for consumer or automotive products. The plan is to sell the recycling machines to international harbours.
In Kenya they’re converting water hyacinths into sustainable plastics. Meanwhile, a British designer is concentrating on cleaning up canal waters.
