Samut Prakan monk makes ‘nano-robes’ from recycled plastic bottles
After three years of trials, Pra Maha Pranom, who is the assistant abbot of Wat Chak Daeng temple in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province, has successfully produced what he calls a “nano-robe”, made from a mixture of recycled plastic, cotton and zinc oxide nanoparticles.
The robe is the result of Pra Maha Pranom’s lifelong pursuit of hygienic perfection. He has always disliked the sight of dirty garbage and wanted to find ways to get rid of it. To learn more about recycling, Phra Maha Pranom went on study tours overseas and spent three years on experimentation.
