Creative entrepreneurs transform deadly ocean trash into healthy fun

Americas Now

With tons of fishing equipment being dumped in the ocean each year, and nylon nets accounting for 10 percent of the ocean’s plastic pollution, a pair of entrepreneurs had an ingenious idea.

They are converting dangerous old nets that can kill marine mammals, into pellets. And then, using those pellets to make skateboards. In doing so, they are both preserving marine life and upping the fun.

Check out these images of fishnet skateboards in Chile.

Creative entrepreneurs transform deadly ocean trash into healthy fun

A pair of ingenious entrepreneurs are helping clean up the oceans, by taking discarded fish nets, turning them into pellets, and using those pellets to make skateboards.