Stock Photo - 27 May 2019, Mexico, Leon: Jorge Castro (l-r), Benjamin..Lopez and Mario Daniel Lopez from Renovare talk about the production of shoes from algae. At the moment, many Caribbean tourists miss out on the perfect beach holiday with lots of brown algae. No matter if in Mexico, Barbados or in the south of Florida, at numerous dream beaches golf tongs cover the clear water and the white sand. Scientists and entrepreneurs now want to go one step further and find ways to benefit from the algae. Castro and his team use the aquatic plants and old plastic bottles to make shoes. (about dpa ""SOS in the Caribbean: Experts seek solutions for algae plague"") Photo: Rodrigo Cruz/dpa. - Leon/Guanajuato/Mexico