Waste on the Brazilian coastline is being turned into flip flops
Updated: 25/04/2021 - 10:09 Share this article A startup in Brazil is producing footwear made entirely from plastic waste in the ocean. Even when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country hard, the sprouting company kept working towards their goal of collecting 2 million plastic bottles by 2022. Bernardo Pedroso is the founder and CEO of Ocean Refresh. Growing up in Brazil, his mother was one of the country's first surfers, so he practically spent all his time on the beach. That beach today is littered all over with plastic. "When I started Ocean Refresh, it wasn't about the product...
Source: euronews.com