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Socks from recycled fishing nets become commercially available

25/06/2014
Socks from recycled fishing nets become commercially available

A project to rid the seas of discarded fishing nets – which float around in the ocean, killing millions of fish that will never be eaten, as well as tens of thousands of birds and mammals per year – has taken a step towards commercialisation with the first products made from the recycled nylon 6.6  now available through German retailer Kaufman....

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