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BEHAVIOUR CHANGE CORNWALL
EYEWEAR STRAP TRACEABILITY
We've partnered with Behaviour Change Cornwall to create adjustable sunglasses and glasses retainer straps, using recycled fishing nets collected from across the coast of Cornwall.
SHOP STRAPSSTRAP RECOVERY DATA
On each strap are stainless steel beads engraved with a batch number; allowing you to track exactly where and when the fishing gear used to create your eyewear strap was recovered.
Batch 003 - Porthleven
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Date: 31-03-2023
Method: 2m X 10m light trawl net reported via social media. Dug out of sand by hand and kept intact to be transported.
Associated Finds: Fixing Twine (Black), blue jerry cans, grey black lobster traps, and crate segment stamped Newlyn.
Net Origin: Presumed Newlyn Port, based on fish crate.
Batch 002 - Kynance Cove
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Date: 08-01-2021
Method: At low tide climbed to cut large intact trawl net into strips from tangle in rocks to enable transport of approx 200kg of net
Associated Finds: Fixing twine (orange & green)
Net Origin: Cornwall (based on style & condition), Unknown Port.
Batch 001 - Perranporth Beach
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Date: 28-06-2022
Method: Large intact black net and tails, hauled back via cart via the Wateringhole intact. Bundled into bags.
Associated Finds: Dolly Ropes & 6 tagged float buoys.
Net Origin: Newlyn, Cornwall (based on buoys).