Upcycling the Oceans Spain

Upcycling the Oceans Spain was started in September 2015 as a pilot project by the ECOALF Foundation in which 9 fishing ports participated. A year later,ECOEMBES joined this project to extend its activity along the entire Spanish coast and guarantee the correct management of all the recovered waste. In 2020 GENERALI  joins the movement against marine litter supporting this initiative through GENERALI Index Evolution. ((Read more here))  

The project is present in 43 Spanish ports and has been able to get nearly 2.500 fishermen (primarily trawling) involved. Together, they have managed to remove more than 850 tones of waste from our oceans. 

In addition to the recovering of marine litter, Upcycling the Oceans wants to offer scientific information that will allow them to raise awareness about the problem in order to establish preventative measures. Thanks to the voluntary participation of the fleet, it carries out characterizations of the waste that are found at the bottom of the ocean through the platform MARNOBA.

573 fishing vessels involved

850 tonnes of marine debris recovered from the bottom of the sea

  • 2015

  • 2021

Resultados

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
TOTAL WASTE (T) 23 54 113 140 152 180 190
PORTS 9 9 32 37 40 40 40
BOATS* 165 165 462 546 550 573 573
FISHERMEN* 743 743 2079 2534 2600 2575 2581
*The trawling fleet represents 96% of the project participants.

  • 1. Corme

    2. A Coruña

    3. Celeiro

    4. Burela

    5. Llançà

    6. Port de la Selva

    7. Roses

    8. Palamós

    9. Blanes

    10. Arenys de Mar

    11. Badalona

    12. Barcelona

    13. Vilanova i la Geltrú

    14. Tarragona

  • 15. Cambrils

    16. L’Ametlla de Mar

    17. L’Ampolla

    18. Deltebre

    19. Sant Carles de la Ràpita

    20. Les Cases d’Alcanar

    21. Vinaròs

    22. Benicarló

    23. Peñíscola

    24. Grao de Castelló

    25. Puerto de Burriana

    26. Valencia

    27. Cullera

    28. Gandía

  • 29. Denia

    30. Jávea

    31. Calpe

    32. Altea

    33. Villajoyosa

    34. Santa Pola

    35. Torrevieja

    36. San Pedro del Pinatar

    37. Cartagena

    38. Puerto de Mazarrón

    39. Águilas

    40. Barbate

    41. Puerto de Santa María

    42. Chipiona

    43. Sanlúcar de Barrameda