Posts tagged Ghost nets
Boyan Slat
Boyan Slat

Boyan Slat, born in 1994 in the Netherlands, has devoted his time and energy to investigating how to clean up plastic pollution in the oceans since he was 16. He quit his Aerospace Engineering studies at TU Delft University to be able to work full-time on bringing his ideas to life. In 2013 he founded The Ocean Cleanup, a foundation that develops technologies to extract plastic pollution from the oceans and prevent more plastic debris from entering them.

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Inspiring PeopleArlette DiederiksBoyan Slat, The Ocean Cleanup, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Plastic trash, Plastic pollution, Plastic in the oceans, Aerospace Engineering, Champion of the Earth, Microplastics, Ghost nets, Marc Benioff, Deep sea, Cleanups, New Plastics Economy, Sander Defruyt, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Full Cycle Bioplastics Comment
Recycled synthetic fibers
Recycled synthetic fibers

In the eco-friendly fashion world it has become quite a trendy thing to make clothing from recycled PET bottles or ghost nets, fishing net that are floating around in the ocean. This may seem like a noble and very good thing to do, but researchers have found that brands that produce these recycled garments might be doing more harm than good in terms of microplastics in the ocean.

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My Green Goodie InfoArlette DiederiksRecycled PET bottles, Recycled fishing net, Synthetic fibers, Ghost nets, Microfibers, PET, Antimony, Cora Ball, Guppy FriendComment