Last week, the Hawaii Wildlife Fund sent discarded nylon fishing nets found at Kamilo to the island of Oahu to be converted into energy as part of NOAA's Net-to-Energy program.
In a spectacular example of "well, it's something I would have liked to receive" reasoning, I once made my brother a life-size doll out of my mother's discarded nylon hose and cotton stuffing, sewed yellow yarn on its head for hair, drew on a face and dressed it in football garb to match my brother's high school team uniform.
The idea of using nylon strops was also discarded in favour of drilling holes through the hull at 170 points and passing iron bolts through them to allow the attachment of wires connected to a lifting frame.
The regenerated nylon fabric is made by melting down discarded fishing nets and other marine debris, extracting the pure polyamide (proteins) and weaving it into a new material.
The award-winning design has a handle made from recycled plastic – from discarded toothbrushes and yoghurt pots – and bristles manufactured from new nylon.
Harvested bone marrow cells were filtered through a 70-μm nylon filter (Becton, Franklin Lakes, NJ) with remaining tissues discarded.
Meanwhile spoiled milk can be turned into a super-fine fibre that weighs less than wool or silk, and Econyl, a "regenerated" fibre spun from discarded fishing nets, is a sustainable alternative to the oil-derived Nylon 6.
After 3 hours, digested cells were filtered through a 70-μm nylon filter (Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA), and the remaining tissues were discarded.
The suspension was washed with PBS and centrifuged at 1500 rpm for 10 min, and the supernatant was discarded; the cells were suspended in PBS, and then filtered through a 70-μM nylon cell strainer (Becton Dickinson [BD], Franklin Lakes, New Jersey).
After three hours, digested cells were filtered through a 70 μm nylon filter (Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA), and the remaining tissues were discarded.
We then wove ribbon through the spoke holes (though you could also use sliced, discarded bike tubes), to provide structural support for the final phase of construction — the application of ripstop nylon, often used as parachute fabric.
