Waste tires make cat nests, check-in at the Bund Conference Green Market: Breaking fishing nets and weaving clothes
In addition to hardcore technology displays and cutting-edge insights forums, the 2023 Bund Conference also has a hidden treasure - a 3000 square meter green market. On the banks of the Huangpu River, the market has concentrated four ecological environment experience areas: desert, forest, ocean, and city. Participants can not only interact with nearly 30 green and friendly businesses, but also learn a lot of environmental protection knowledge during check-in.
"There are quite a few people coming to clock in today, and it is estimated that there will be around a hundred people scanning the QR code to answer questions in a morning. Everyone is very enthusiastic." Yesterday noon, the reporter arrived at the desert experience area of the Green Market and found that participants queuing up to clock in under the scorching sun had already formed a long line. Just use Alipay to scan the code to participate in the interaction, answer questions or learn a little environmental protection knowledge to "light up" the experience area, and all four experience areas can be lit up to participate in the lottery.
"What color is the fur of the Yunnan golden monkey?" "Who doesn't need to 'buy a house' in the ocean?" This interesting environmental interactive form not only attracted the audience present, but also people posted prizes on social media platforms such as Xiaohongshu. Many netizens left messages after reading it and wanted to come and explore on Saturday.
In the ocean experience area, a huge fishing net is particularly eye-catching, and nearby small shops are displaying fisherman hats, T-shirts, suitcases, and other goods. Although it may seem ordinary, it actually has its essence: all goods are made from discarded fishing nets as raw materials. Chen Yan, a staff member of Zhejiang Yingruite Recycling Materials Technology Co., Ltd., told reporters that fishing net clothing usually requires four steps: first, collect old and discarded nylon fishing nets from fishermen in coastal fishing villages, enter the factory, and physically slice them to make crystal clear nylon particles. Then, the particles are spun into nylon fibers, and finally blended with cotton yarn, viscose, polyester, acrylic, wool, etc. to develop yarn with various composition ratios.
"Nowadays, many brands attach great importance to environmentally friendly and renewable materials. Among our customers, there are many large brands such as lululemon and ONLY. Even though our cost is three times higher than ordinary materials, we are still very popular." Chen Yan showed reporters the "green label" on the environmentally friendly bag, which uses 63% cotton and 22% recycled nylon, which can reduce carbon emissions by 0.34 kilograms, save 2.49 liters of water resources, and save 1.19 kilowatt hours of energy.
At the Hello Bike booth, 8 discarded tires are used to build a warm and windproof cat house, which not only provides enough space for stray cats to move around, but also provides a sense of privacy and security, effectively blocking cold winds and rain. The person in charge of Hello Bike said that many stray cats like to drill under the car to keep warm during severe cold, and reuse waste tires. This not only reduces industrial waste, but also provides a warm home for small animals.