UPCYCLING THE OCEANS SPAIN
Upcycling Oceans Spain was born in September 2015 by the hand of the Ecoalf Foundation as a pilot project in which 9 fishing ports participated. A year later it joined the ECOEMBES project as a strategic ally of the project to together expand it along the entire Spanish coast and ensure the proper management of all recovered waste.
The project is currently present in 45 Spanish ports and has managed to involve around 2,600 fishermen (mostly trawlers), who together have managed to remove more than 800 tonnes of marine garbage.
When the fishermen return to land, they deposit the garbage trapped in the fishing nets in the project's containers. This garbage is then taken to waste treatment plants, where its treatment is ensured. Thanks to the alliance with ECOEMBES, all the containers received are recycled
In addition to the recovery of marine garbage, UTO Spain wants to provide scientific information that will increase knowledge of the problem in order to establish preventive measures. Thanks to the voluntary participation of part of the fleet, it has been carrying out characterizations of the waste found on the seabed through the MARNOBA platform since 2019.
"I am concerned because I see that there is a lot of waste in the oceans that comes from land."
SINCE 2015 COLLABORATING WITH THE FISHING SECTOR IN THE FIGHT AGAINST MARINE LITTER.
