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Designing new ways to make use of ocean plastic
  Beachcombing has long been a part of life for island communities. On the southwestern edge of Scarp, a small, treeless island off the coast of Harris in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, the Mol Mòr (“big beach”) was where locals went to collect driftwood for repairing buildings and making furniture and coffins. Today there is still much driftwood, but as much or more plastic.

  • Type:

    Newspaper Article

  • Date:

    20 August 2019

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Lambert, I. (2019). Designing new ways to make use of ocean plastic

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Keywords

Design, ocean plastic, sustainability, beach combing, 3D printing

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