The
team behind Bureo skateboards is working with fishing communities to
upcycle discarded nets.
Bureo
designs and manufactures a unique line of sustainable skateboards.
Bureo’s innovative boards are manufactured in Chile through the
team’s initiative, ‘Net Positiva’, Chile’s first ever fishnet
collection & recycling program. Net Positiva provides fisherman
with environmentally sound disposal points, while Bureo receives
highly recyclable and durable raw materials. By offering recycled
high quality products, Bureo enables ethically conscious consumers to
support recycling development and job growth for local inhabitants.
The
name ‘Bureo’ comes from the language of the Mapuche, the native
Chileans, and means ´the waves’. Selected in honor of the Chilean
people, the name represents our mission. Just as a wave originates
from a disturbance of wind along the ocean surface, Bureo is starting
with a small change in an ocean of plastic. Through time and energy,
the waves of Bureo will develop the force required to cause real
change.
Bureo
is now looking to extend Net Positiva to fishing communities around
the world, which will broaden the reach of its wave of positive
change.
