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Old fishing nets from France become vital protection against Russian drones in Ukraine

Discarded Breton horsehair fishing nets are repurposed as anti-drone barriers in Ukraine, entangling explosive Russian drones and protecting frontline locations.
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3 weeks ago

When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money': a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast

Ian Falconer kept thinking about the heaps of discarded plastic fishing nets he saw at Newlyn harbour near his home in Cornwall. I thought it's such a waste', he says. There has to be a better solution than it all going into landfill. Falconer, 52, who studied environmental and mining geology at university, came up with a plan: shredding and cleaning the worn out nets, melting the plastic down and converting it into filament to be used in 3D printing. He then built a micro-factory so that the filament could be made into useful stuff.
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