Breaking recycling records
Fishing and aquaculture gear recycling company Nofir took delivery of 8212 tonnes of fishing and farming equipment in 2023. ‘Figures like these would have been virtually unthinkable just a few…
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Circularity breakthrough nominated for aquaculture award
The Circular Fish Farming Nets (CFFN) project in which nylon netting is recycled in a manner that maintains all of the strength and other qualities of virgin material is up…
Patented methods have been developed to recover the copper used to impregnate aquaculture cages. Images: Nofir
Breakthrough in recycling aquaculture cages
Italian conglomerate Aquafil, owners of recycling company Nofir, have patented a method of recycling the netting used aquaculture cages, making it possible to recover copper impregnation for re-use. ‘The fact…
Recycled trawl gear used in electric car production
Hampiðjan has placed a strong emphasis on the collection and grading of fishing gear, with recycling routes established for all of the materials used in fishing gears – with the…
Recycling fishing gear from Iceland
Norwegian recycler Nofir and Icelandic industry body Samtök fyrirtækja í sjávarútvegi (SFS) have struck an agreement for the recycling and further utilisation of fishing and aquaculture gear that has reached…
Twelve years of recycling pays off
Twelve years of investment in sustainability have yielded results for Egersund Net, which has shipped close to 17,000 tonnes of discarded bags and other aquaculture equipment to recycler Nofir. Of…
