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Egersund Net helps recycle 17,000 metric tons of discarded aquaculture equipment
Egersund Net has helped recycle 17,000 metric tons of aquaculture equipment over 12 years, saving an estimated 51,000 metric tons of CO2.
Innovation & Investment
Can plastic-eating bacteria help with fisheries’ and aquaculture’s plastics problem?
Plastic-eating bacteria have the potential to “digest” petroleum-based plastics, used in both fisheries and aquaculture. Is it feasible for recycling?
Responsibility
AKVA group to construct world’s first aquaculture pen in recycled materials
In partnership with Plasto and Oceanize, the AKVA group will construct the world’s first aquaculture pen composed of recycled materials.
Responsibility
Repurposed: Adding value to aquaculture via recycling
With sustainability and environmental protection becoming increasingly prominent in Chile, recycling firms like Greenspot are drawing attention.
Responsibility
Waste management from a broader perspective
In addressing waste managers – representing the governments of various Asian nations at the “Inception and Capacity-Building Workshop on National and City-Level Waste Management Strategies” in Osaka, Japan – the author recommended holistic views, focusing “upstream” and using waste management interventions to foster social capital.
Responsibility
Shrimp feed bags recycled in Mexico
Based on the need to utilize thousands of used plastic feed bags rather than dispose of them, VIMIFOS began selling the bags to companies that reprocess them into pellets used to make plastic utensils.