RebornPlas collaborated with Duolog Design, a manufacturer of eco-friendly eyeglasses frames, to use discarded fishing nets to make the first pair of 100% recyclable eyeglasses frames.
Because of challenges related to cleaning and limited market value, a large number of fishing nets are incinerated or buried as waste, or even end up back into the ocean, harming the ecosystem. RebornPlas has long been supporting the discarded fishing net recycling market, and has cooperated with Duolog Design to launch the world's first pair of 100% recyclable eyeglasses frames: Hibāng.
100% recyclable eyeglass frames made from discarded fishing nets
Through recycling technology, discarded fishing nets are made into recycled pellets and provided to Duolog Design to make frames. By utilizing this method, 90% less virgin plastic is needed for producing frames, and they can be recycled to manufacture new ones. Product traceability allows for the tracking of each product manufactured from recycled plastic pellets.
Modular/easy-to-disassemble design extends product lifecycle
Each component of the frame can be replaced and repaired individually due to its modular design, thus extending its service life. It is easy to recycle thanks to its screwless and mono-material design, thus reducing carbon emissions.
By-product resource recovery
The scraps from the manufacturing stage are recycled, modified, and reused for manufacturing by RebornPlas to reduce resource consumption in the petrochemical industry.
Benefits
- This program converts 9,000 metric tons of discarded fishing nets into usable resources, reducing waste treatment costs by NT$31.5 million.