SUFB 1192: Nets For Net Zero is trying to find ways of incorporating Ghost Nets

How To Protect The Ocean · Aug 4, 2021 · 39m

Ghost nets are discarded nets from fishing vessels that float around in the ocean unmonitored. The nets continue to snag fish, marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds that causes needless deaths every year.

There are organizations that search for Ghost Nets to retrieve and dispose of them; however, disposing of the plastic nets is not as simple as we think. The nets are often discarded in landfills, but they have the potential to become part of the circular economy.

Nina Latinga, the co-founder for Nets For Net Zero, is working to connect companies and organizations that would like to use…