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#Ocean cleanup sunglasses Patch
By following the process laid out in the public standard developed by DNV GL, the plastic in the frames can be traced all the way back to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and you can be assured that the plastic in your sunglasses is that same plastic we removed from the patch in 2019. Each purchase of the sunglasses supports cleaning up an area of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that is equivalent to 24 football fields. But also vinyl records and old broken skate decks. Not only reclaimed wood, fishing nets, ocean plastic, and aluminum are used. Regular visitors of upcycleDZINE know already by now that there are beautiful materials out there used for eco-friendly sunglasses. “We started by tracking and auditing the plastic the moment it left the ocean. Or by removing a quantity of plastic from the ocean. “When making a product, we wanted to give value to this discarded plastic by turning it into something you never want to lose,” Slat continued.
A Dutch inventor, Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup in 2013.
“We chose to make timeless sunglasses as our first product because they are durable, useful, and, since we’re dependent on word-of-mouth to spread our mission, we hope that by making something that is often carried around, they can also help create awareness,” said CEO Boyan Slat. On October 24, 2020, Boyan Slat presented our first product, sunglasses, made with ocean plastic certified from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with 100 of. The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch-based organization founded to rid the oceans of plastic waste, has just unveiled its very first product for sale made with plastic certified from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses.Įach pair of The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses are made with plastics hauled in from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a widespread collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean – and are designed to be easily recycled themselves once they reach the end of their life. The final look is a classic sunglass silhouette, with beautiful variants of color and textures from the raw source material. The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses with case and pouch – both made with recycled materials.
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