I’ve been following the Ocean Cleanup project for quite some time now (thanks to the project’s PR person Joost Dubois) and it is exciting how this project has progressed with their aim of cleaning up 90 of ocean plastic pollution by 2050.
The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses are priced at US199 apiece.
With each purchase of the sunglasses, you support cleaning up an area of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch the size of 24 football fields. This recently launched Ocean Cleanup sunglasses, however, is in my holiday wish list. Ocean Cleanup debuts its first sunglasses made from plastic waste. Because the amount of certified plastic is limited, the number of sunglasses produced is small.” Every part of the product is made for recycling at the end-of-wear lifespan, including the polarized lenses and metal hinges. The sunglasses are designed by Yves Béhar in California and manufactured by Safilo, a leading eyewear company in Italy. As part of Safilos sustainable business commitment to people, product and planet.
“The certified plastic was then processed at a commercial scale, creating a strong, durable plastic for the sunglasses. Safilo turns the pollution of yesterday into the cleanup of tomorrow. However, The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit organization based in Holland, decided to separate plastic from the rest of the ocean waste and upcycle it into fashionable sunglasses that could fund future cleanup efforts.Īccording to Inhabitat, the organization has developed an advanced garbage retrieval system that allows them to sort through the collected debris, separate and label plastic materials for further processing. Boyan Slat is turning trash into treasure with a pair of stylish sunglasses made from recycled plastic pulled from the ocean. While The Ocean Cleanup is only a small organization, it aims to collect 90 percent of ocean plastic pollution by 2040 through its cleaning technologies and circular innovations. Typically, the garbage is collected, transported to shore, and hauled to appropriate landfills. Several organizations have taken part in cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - a huge floating “landfill” of plastic waste drifting in the Pacific Ocean.