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the perfect look. but beneath the surface lies a murkier side. for every pristine peak, broken boards and piles of cheap polystyrene dumped on our beaches. it s really disheartening to see this amount of waste come forward. surfers may enjoy the fresh sea air, but the industry relies on toxic chemicals, producing suits and boards derived from oil. and living that dream of being at one with nature is getting more and more difficult. we do want to encourage people to get outdoors, but at the same time, at what cost to the planet? so i want to know, can surfing clean up its act? i ve surfed for more than a decade, but this is my first day on the water for over three years. new year s day 2020 and the fin of my board went into my face. i was left with 16 stitches, and it has taken me this long to start trying to get over my fear. today i ve come to the calmer waters of an inland surf lake near bristol to try and start getting back my love of surfing. as a journalist covering the
pristine peak, broken boards and piles of cheap polystyrene dump on our beaches. it’s dump on our beaches. it s reall dump on our beaches. it s really disheartening to see this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy the this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy the fresh - this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy the fresh sea - this amount of waste. surfers may enjoy the fresh sea air, l may enjoy the fresh sea air, but the industry relies on toxic chemicals, producing suits and boards derived from oil and living that dream of being at one with nature is getting more and more difficult. getting more and more difficult. we do want to encourage difficult. we do want to encourage people - difficult. we do want to encourage people to i difficult. we do want to | encourage people to get outdoors, but it the same time, at what cost to the planet? so i want to know, can surfing clean up its act? i have served for more than a decade, but thi
we ve gathered these. yeah. we found these ones, which have got to be from the 80s or 90s. it s in really good condition. it s really good condition! neoprene is such a strong material that they ve used it to line landfill in the past, so that goes to show how long it will take to degrade. yeah. but when it does, it s so harmful for the environment. have you got any idea of the scale of the problem you re trying to tackle? in all honesty, until we started this collection, not really. like, the stats aren t even out there. we ve had to do our own research to look at the size of the global wetsuit market. we ve conservatively come to probably about 8000 tons of neoprene a year will ultimately end up in landfill because there s nowhere else to put them. so, what do they plan to do with all these old, washed up wetsuits? well, six months later, this is the result. it may not look much but company boss tom kay thinks it could be the future. we ve taken the thousand wetsuits that were dest
which have got to be from the 80s or 90s. it s in really good condition. it s really good condition! neoprene is such a strong material that they ve used it line landfill in the past, so that goes to show how long it will take to degrade. yeah. but when it does, it s so harmful for the environment. have you got any idea of the scale of the problem you re trying to tackle? in all honesty, until we started this collection, not really. like, the stats aren t even out there. we ve had to do our own research to look at the size of the global wetsuit market. we ve conservatively come to probably about 8000 tons of neoprene a year will ultimately end up in landfill because there s nowhere else to put them. so, what do they plan to do with all these old, washed up wetsuits? well, six months later, this is the result. it may not look much but company boss tom kay thinks it could be the future. we ve taken the thousand wetsuits that were destined for landfill, sent them off to bulgaria and the