UTO Spain
Upcycling the Oceans Spain was born in September 2015, with our Ecoalf Foundation, as a project with the participation of 9 fishing ports. A year later, ECOEMBES joined the project to expand it around the entire Spanish coastline as well as guaranteeing a proper management of the recovered marine debris. As of today, the involvement of over 3,000 fishermen in 40 different ports has been achieved.
More than 550 fishing vessels involved
+ 400 tones of marine debris recovered from the bottom of the sea
2015
2018
Results
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| TOTAL WASTE (T) | 23 | 54 | 113 | 140 |
| % PET | 6% | 6% | 11% | 10% |
| PORTS | 9 | 9 | 32 | 37 |
| BOATS | 165 | 165 | 462 | 550 |
| FISHERMENS | 743 | 743 | 2079 | 2534 |
