Sailing towards recycling composite textiles

Joe Penhaul Smith and his brother Sam Penhaul are passionate about sailing. ‘We both grew up very close to the local sailing club,’ says Penhaul Smith, who continues to sail in his spare time. ‘Sam’s the professional sailor and has worked [building boats] for a lot of the very high-performance maritime teams.’

As co-founders of Sustainable Extricko, the brothers are now looking to make the sport that they love less wasteful, by recycling the composite textile materials that are extensively used in sailing.