Fishing nets characterize a number of the worst kinds of marine air pollution, making headlines for each their amount (~0.5 to 1M tons/yr relying on research) and the possibly horrific hurt they do to animals.
It appears to be like like Samsung has discovered a option to repurpose that ocean-bound plastic waste into model new Galaxy merchandise, a few of which can be unveiled in a few days on the Samsung Feb 9 Unpacked occasion (official page).
Samsung began utilizing recycled materials some time in the past however added new methods of decreasing its environmental footprint usually. The most up-to-date imaginative and prescient is articulated in its Galaxy for the planet initiative. By 2025, it goals at:
- Using recycled materials in all merchandise
- Remove all plastics in “mobile packaging”
- Bring standby energy beneath 0.005W
- Reach “zero waste to landfill”
Pretty spectacular stuff. I hope that there’s a real financial incentive (for Samsung) in repurposing these plastics at scale. Samsung says that “This new technological advancement” makes it potential to carry new life into these fishing nets however didn’t add extra particulars.
In any case, any plastic faraway from the ocean is an effective factor, so let’s hope that others will get inspiration from this.
Alternatively, not utilizing plastics to begin with or making plastics bio-degradable ought to stay the final word objective as these supplies are normally not infinitely recyclable.
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