The Chilean coastline is one of the longest in the world, coursing 4,000 miles through tall, foggy bluffs and fishing villages down to fjords at the southern tip. Fishermen in Chile generate the seventh largest catch in the world, right after India, but they also use miles of heavy plastic netting thats expensive to dispose of and often gets dumped in the sea. Hundreds of tons of netting comprise an enormous waste stream, but a trio of surf-dude engineers and consultants say that all that plastic can be used for good. With the financial support of the Chilean government, Ben Knepper, David Stover, and Kevin Ahearn have created a system to collect that plastic, pressurize it, and morph it into high-end, fish-shaped skateboards intended for southern California beach communities.
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 13:03:41 +0000
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