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How One Factory Is Turning Fishing Nets into Carpet
On this episode of The Manufacturing Podcast, Lucas and Luna visit a factory in Denmark that is turning discarded fishing nets into nylon carpet fiber. They explain the scale of the problem — an estimated 640,000 tons of fishing gear are lost or abandoned in the ocean every year — and how one company, Aquafil, is tackling it through a recycling operation that collects nets from ports across Europe. The conversation covers the technology behind the process, the economics of recycled nylon versus virgin nylon, and what it takes to build a reliable supply chain for ocean waste. Lucas and Luna…
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