Kyle de Bouter holds up a pair of Patagonia board shorts made of recycled fishing nets, smiling as workers nearby slice old nylon nets to stack into seven-foot square, one-ton bales. “This is 100% ...

The rip in front of the faded blue shirt was the final tear, the last shred. The shirt had to go. I bought the shirt about 15 years ago for backpacking. I was tired of hiking into camp wearing a hot, ...

Joshua Tiatouse, a 19-year-old employee of Brikole, uses a knife to cut massive fishing nets into small panels that can be recycled and turned into new nylon products. Tiatouse says he wanted to work ...