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Socks and underwear to be produced from recycled fishing nets

19/03/2013
Aquafil, an Italian yarn producer, the Dutch-based European Centre for Nature Conservation (ECNC) and Star Sock, a Dutch sock wholesalers have recently launched the 'Healthy Seas, a journey from waste to wear' initiative. This will allow yarns made from abandoned fishing nets to be used to manufacture clothing products such as underwear, socks and swimwear. The initiative will also help resolve the issue of marine litter and conserve biodiversity.

According to The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the current volume of abandoned fishing nets in our oceans is 640,000 tonnes and long term the vision for the initiative is to tackle the problem on a worldwide scale. The first stage in the plan is to source nets only from the three European regions of the Adriatic Sea, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.

The polymer yarns in the fishing nets will be processed by Aquafil, who will then transform these into Econyl yarns, recycled hollow polyamide, derived from post-consumer, discarded products. Star Sock will then receive Econyl yarns to manufacture sport, outdoor and workwear socks to be retailed within Europe.



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