Kyle de Bouter holds up a pair of Patagonia board shorts made of recycled fishing nets, smiling as workers nearby slice old nylon nets to stack into seven-foot square, one-ton bales. “This is 100% ...

KORONADAL CITY — Strands of fishing nylon has killed a juvenile Dugong (Dugong dugon) or sea cow in Glan, Sarangani province. Nylon strands from a discarded fish net that got entangled in a seagrass ...

The UN reports that about 10 percent of all marine trash is made up of discarded fishing gear, and while some programs have sought to clean up the waste, flooring manufacturer Interface had an even ...

The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) fined a group of fishermen after being caught using nylon fishing nets at a coast in the emirate. The EAD urged all fishermen to abide by laws to protect ...

In Singapore, about 900 million kilograms of plastic waste is discarded every year, and only four per cent of this is recycled. It’s not just plastic that’s being discarded at astronomical rates. Last ...

A sailor helped free a baby dolphin which became entangled in discarded fishing line. Phil Robertson was out foil boarding off Kawau Island, on New Zealand's North Island, when he came across the ...

Working to create a positive environmental impact by reducing ocean-bound plastic waste, Avient announces long fiber-reinforced composites that incorporate post-consumer recycled nylon 6 material ...

A genetically modified bacterium can break down chemicals in nylon and turn them into useful products, which could one day help us recycle clothes and fishing nets. Nylons, or aliphatic polyamides, ...