Nets to car parts
The Redes de España initiative clears the way for fishing gear to be recycled into new items, notably car components, and the next step is to develop an operational model that…
Egersund’s recyclable Eco-Go rope
Norwegian fisheries and aquaculture gear producer Egersund Group has introduced its Eco-Go rope, made from recycled polyamide (PA). ‘In recent years, we have had a clear focus on making our…
Transforming waste into a circularity opportunity
With more than half of the world’s seafood now farmed, aquaculture play a critical role in feeding a growing global population. Yet as the industry grows, so do its environmental challenges. Fishing and aquaculture gear, built to be…
Cape Town’s pioneering net recycling facility
An initiative to transforms discarded fishing nets into usable plastic materials has been opened on Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront. The new facility at Collier Jetty was opened by Minister of…
Hampiðjan’s record recycling year
Hampiðjan Ísland, which handles the activities of the group’s net lofts in Iceland, has had its best year yet in terms of volumes of recycled material, with 1294 tonnes in…
Pioneering on-site fishing net recycling pod
A pioneering pilot project has launched in Cape Town that could revolutionise the way fishing nets are recycled in South Africa. Spearheaded by non-profit company OCEAN Action Network (OCEAN) and…
Recycled nylon put through its paces
For the first time recycled nylon derived from scrapped fishing gear and other sources is being put through rigorous full-scale sea trials. The recovered nylon has been used to manufacture…
Record recycling year for Mørenot
In 2024, Mørenot Aquaculture sent a total of 635,053kg of end-of-life aquaculture equipment to be recycled, as the company’s recycling rate has risen from 64% in 2023 to 82% in…
Nofir breaks its own recycling record
Fishing and aquaculture gear recycler Nofir has broken its own record with its 2024 totals, exceeding the figures for 2023, was were also a record year. ‘Both we and the…
First net from reycled material in use
A consortium of companies in Norway and Iceland have made a reality of the first new netting to be put into use that has been derived from recycled fishing gear.…
