How a Brisbane nurse made $350k in 3 months on the side
<p>A young nurse from Brisbane was determined to rid the ocean of plastic waste and has made upwards of 350,000 selling hammocks made from recycled bottles.</p>
<p>As Tegan Gilroy, 28, scuba dived around the world, she was horrified by the amount of plastic waste in the ocean and launched Nakie in September 2019.</p>
<p>Nakie is an online range of campaign equipment 'upcycled' from landfill.</p>
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<p>She still works 12-hour shifts at a hospital in Brisbane three days a week, which she says leaves "plenty of time" to run her website on the side.</p>
<p>Each $129 hammock is made from 37 plastic containers recovered from landfill, an approach Ms Gilroy claims have "saved 118,992 bottles going into our waterways".</p>
<p>"As someone who loves the ocean I hate seeing how much plastic is tumbling along the ocean floor and washing up along our beaches," she told <em>Daily Mail Australia.</em> </p>
<p>She also plants four trees for every item purchased in a partnership with Eden Reforestation Projects, which has planted over 350 million saplings to date.</p>
<p>The best selling style from Nakie is a two-person hammock with built-in straps, with customers raving about the quality and affordability of the hammocks. </p>
<p>"Every one of my friends and family who have napped, relaxed or read in the Nakie absolutely loved it," a happy customer raved.</p>
<p>"Super easy to put up and take down and packable, which I love! Love this company."</p>
<p>Another said: "It's a great hammock and a killer deal. Higher weight limit than similar brands and about half the price if you were to piece together the hammock, straps, bug net and rain tarp."</p>
<p><em>Photo credits:<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.msn.com/en-au/lifestyle/smart-living/nurse-28-makes-350k-in-three-months-selling-recycled-hammocks/ar-BB17K93s?li=AAFzCDU#image=3" target="_blank">Daily Mail Australia</a></em></p>
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