BMW wants to recycle old fishing nets into vehicle panels
Abandoned fishing nets are considered a great danger for many sea creatures. They also dissolve into microplastics over time. BMW now wants to collect these ghost nets and recycle them for the lining of its new vehicles by 2025.
The climate catastrophe has many reasons. Last but not least, the pollution of the oceans contributes to the destruction of our planet. A big problem with this is above all abandoned fishing nets. The so-called ghost nets float through the sea and pose a danger to sea creatures there. They also slowly break down into tiny microplastic particles.
Currently, these networks account for about 50 million tons of the total pollution on our planet. A concept from the home of the automobile manufacturer bmw should counteract this problem.
BMW: Recycled fishing nets as cladding for new vehicles
The company wants to collect lost fishing nets and use them in various forms in its new class, which is scheduled to go into production in 2025. BMW plans to partially reuse the ghost nets in the side panels of the new vehicle series.
Overall, the carmaker wants to achieve a recycled plastic content of around 30 percent. The BMW not only wants to retrieve the lost fishing nets from the sea, but also procure the material from ports around the world as a preventive measure. In this way, the company wants to ensure that the residues are not disposed of as waste in the sea.
Other car manufacturers are also investing in environmental protection
Not only BMW is trying to invest in environmental protection by upcycling lost fishing nets. But Audi also wants to be greener and stop producing combustion engines by 2033, for example. And Mercedes-Benz also wants to do this by 2030.
BMW recently set new targets for reducing greenhouse gases. By the end of the decade, emissions over the entire life cycle of a vehicle are to be reduced by 40 percent. In order to protect the environment even more, around 50 percent of all vehicles sold are to be fully electric by 2030.
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