商業地毯公司Interface：漁網變地毯

????雷?安德森是總部位于亞特蘭大的地毯制造商Interface的創辦人。1994年，雷?安德森制定了一個宏偉的目標：到2020年，把公司的環境影響降為零。為此，Interface發明了可全部回收利用的尼龍地毯，其中一部分成分是從世界各地海濱回收的廢舊魚網。“廢舊魚網是個大問題，”可持續性事務總監雷蒙?阿拉蒂亞指出。“所以我們與一些非政府組織合作，清理菲律賓、印度和非洲的海灘”，把魚網變為地毯。

????Interface的最新發明是：主要由蓖麻油構成的新型尼龍。蓖麻是印度的主要經濟作物，“是農民的收入來源。它生長在貧瘠的土地上，因此不會和食品構成競爭關系，”阿拉蒂亞補充說。“我們已經進行了無數次嘗試，而且可能有80%的嘗試都以失敗而告終了。但是失敗是學習的一部分。”

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????In 1994, Ray Anderson, founder of the Atlanta-based carpet-tile manufacturer, set an ambitious goal: reduce the company's environmental impact to zero by the year 2020. Toward that end, Interface invented a 100% recycled nylon carpet that is made partly of old fishing nets collected from the world's seashores. "Discarded fishing nets are a big problem," notes sustainability director Ramon Arratia. "So we are partnering with some non-governmental organizations, cleaning the beaches in the Philippines, India, and Africa" and turning the nets into carpeting.

????Interface's latest invention: A new type of nylon made mostly of castor oil, a major cash crop in India that is "a source of income for farmers, and it grows in land of poor quality, so it isn't competing with food," Arratia says, adding, "We have tried numerous things and maybe 80% of those have failed. But failure is part of learning."