Artinoise, the Italian startup behind re.corder — a smart device reimagining the traditional plastic recorder we all played .

He also began the Haslemere Festival of Music in 1925 which was devoted ... and after the war he developed the inexpensive plastic recorder which did much to promote the use of the instrument ...

The devices - known as continuous plankton recorders (CPRs) - first ensnared a plastic bag off the coast of Ireland in 1965. This, researchers say, could be the first marine plastic litter found.