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
500 tons 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 |
* These data correspond to the year 2018, at the end of the year they will be updated.
