An English fisherman who grew indignant at the number of nylon fishing nets he saw abandoned on the wharfs of Cornwall every year has moored his boat and invented new recycling technology to turn the nets into raw plastic again.

A skipper will replace his nylon fishing net every 6 months, says Ian Falconer, and most of the time they’re buried in a landfill, burned, or abandoned in the ocean to strangle fish and other wildlife.

But now, if that skipper just gives it over to Falconer, he can turn it into plastic granules that have been used to make dozens of different products, from lamp shades to razorblade handles.

It’s done with the patented technology and methods of his company 0rCA , which he founded after testing the method in his kitchen with used nets given to him by the harbor

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