it may not look much, but company boss tom kay thinks it could be the future. landfill, sent them off to bulgaria and they've been repurposed into a foam wetsuit—like material that we are now testing in some cold water products this autumn. right. so, that could be part of a wetsuit? yeah. i mean, it seems pretty stiff. so, yeah, it's a bit stiff there but then you add a laminate on it like this and it starts to get a bit more of the properties that you need for a wetsuit. 0k... not quite able to make a fully functioning surf suit out of it yet, but it is a process. there are other options. this suit was made from natural rubber, harvested from sustainable plantations. but critics say this bio rubber isn't as durable or as cheap as oil—based neoprene. tom says the industry needs to invest in order to change. some of the press that's coming out around the toxicity of neoprene is extreme, to say the least, horrendous. so, if you knew that, why wouldn't you change? the industry says it's already supporting the development of alternative wetsuits. the surf industry

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