+1000 BOATS
4000 FISHERMEN
+290 T/YEAR
+1700 T. SINCE 2015
72 PORTS
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01. RECOVER
More than 4000 fishermen collaborate daily with the project on a voluntary basis to recover the trash caught in their nets.
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02. SEPARATE
Waste is deposited in specific containers at the port and periodically transported to treatment plants for sorting.
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03. RECYCLE
The various selected materials are converted back into raw material. In particular, the plastic waste is transformed into flakes and pellets, ready for a new life.
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04. DESIGN
Recycled marine debris has different applications. One example is the conversion of PET plastic into polyester yarn for use in the textile industry.
The objectives of Upcycling the Oceans are: to collaborate in cleaning up the oceans, to give a second life to recovered marine waste and to raise awareness of the problem in order to prevent it.
HISTORICAL RESULTS
The fishermen are the real heroes of this project. Every day they collect the waste that is accidentally caught in their nets, take it to port and deposit it in specific containers to prevent it from being mixed with other waste streams. Periodically, this waste is transported to treatment plants where it is sorted to facilitate its subsequent recycling and conversion into new products.
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Upcycling Oceans Spain was born in September 2015 by the hand of the Ecoalf Foundation as a pilot. 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.
40 PORTS
+600 BOATS
+2600 FISHERMEN
+800 TONS SINCE 2015 -
The Italian coast is one of the priority targets for the Upcycling the Oceans project in its expansion throughout the Mediterranean basin. Thus, at the end of 2020 it began its journey in the Lazio Region with a first pilot port that is has been key in collecting information and show the feasibility of the project in Italy.
1 PORT
15 BOATS
60 FISHERMEN
+17 TONS SINCE 2015 -
In 2020, Greece established a partnership agreement with Enaleia, a social enterprise whose objective is to fight against marine pollution.
15 PORTS
+100 BOATS
+750 FISHERMEN
+320 TONS SINCE 2020 -
Thanks to the support of the Julius Baer Foundation and in collaboration with the Fondation de la Mer, Ecoalf Foundation has launched the "Repêchons les Océans" project : the French adaptation of Upcycling the Oceans.
10 PORTS
390 BOATS
790 FISHERMEN
10 TONS IN 2022 -
Upcycling the Oceans-Thailand is a collaborative project that began in 2017 with the participation of three partners: the Thai Ministry of Tourism (TAT), PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (GC) and Ecoalf Foundation.
+1,400 VOLUNTEERS
+300 DIVERS
+13 T COLLECTED -
In 2023, with the support of the organization Enaleia, Upcycling the Oceans launched in Egypt, the country that contributes the most to Mediterranean pollution.
1 PORT
5 BOATS
30 FISHERMEN
