iZettle unveils eco-friendly Ocean Reader
iZettle has launched the Ocean Reader, pitched as the world’s first card reader made from recycled ocean plastic.
75% of it is made using fishing nets and ropes collected from the North and Baltic seas. The PayPal owned company says that the project has already seen it remove more than one tonne of plastic from the ocean.
“I’m proud that we are launching the world's first card reader made of recycled ocean plastics, but at the same time, it's a failure of the entire industry that this is only happening now, in 2019. We all have to do better,” says Jacob de Geer, Co-founder of iZettle.
iZettle's ambition is that all new products will include recycled materials by 2021. The Ocean Reader comes with a charging dock, which is also made from ocean plastic. The set will retail at the same price as the iZettle Reader 2 and dock at £98+VAT. The company will donate 20% of the sale price of each eeader to organisations committed to removing plastic from the oceans.