Published 12:09 IST, July 8th 2020
Australia: Dad and son make sunglasses from discarded, single-used plastic bottle waste
A father with his two sons from Australia is turning single-use plastic waste into long-lasting sunglasses. They say that a part of their mission is to educate
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A far with his two sons from Australia is turning single-use plastic waste into long-lasting sunglasses. Nik Robinson, with his son Harry, 9 and Archie, 7, decided to make good use of plastic waste that accumulates in landfills. Nik with his sons decided to recycle plastic waste and created a company called 'Good Citizens', which w produces sunglasses with 100% recycled plastic. "Good Citizens was born in 2018 over a rmal family dinner that turned out to be anything but Harry & Archie were upset about how much plastic waste was piling up in world. Two months later a plan was in place to help untrash our planet," website says. According to company, one sunglasses is me of one 650 ml single-use plastic bottle.
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According to Nik, a lot of people have helped m along way from designers, plastic experts, professors, engineers, optometrists, sea tidal experts, numbers geniuses to his kids, who weren’t prepared to leave future of planet in someone else’s hands. Nik says that a part of ir mission is to educate and show how good design and recycled materials can help fix single-use plastic issue. " sustainable is t regulated and so many brands get away with making wild claims. Whilst we're t perfect, we will always be honest and transparent," Nik was quoted as saying on Good Citizens' website.
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Ban of single-use plastic
Single-use plastic is being discarded across world with Germany, Kenya, India anuncing ban recently. Amazon India recently anunced that it has stopped using single-use plastic in packaging products. Germany recently decided to ban use and sale of single-use plastic straws, cotton buds, and food containers, in accordance with European Union directive that vises against use of it.
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(Ims Credit: Good Citizens/Website)
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12:09 IST, July 8th 2020