"IN 2015 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMBARK ON A TRAWLER AND SEE WITH MY OWN EYES THE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE THAT ENDS UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN. FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, THE ECOALF FOUNDATION WAS BORN."

JAVIER GOYENECHE, FOUNDER OF ECOALF

The Ecoalf Foundation is a Spanish non-profit organization born in 2015 and registered in the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment's Registry of Foundations. The Foundation is a space for innovation in the circular economy, with a clear vocation for ocean preservation and a partnership-based methodology. Our team is formed by a technical pool of experts, supported by a highly experienced and motivated board of trustees led by Javier Goyeneche. On top of this, different international partners join forces to make projects a reality.

10 YEARS CARING FOR THE OCEAN

A decade ago, the Ecoalf Foundation was born with a dream: to imagine seas free of waste and full of life. What began in Villajoyosa with three committed fishers has grown into a global movement proving that when we work together, change is possible.

+2,100 TONNES OF MARINE WASTE

removed that no longer suffocate our oceans.
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THE PROBLEM

Marine debris is one of the main threats to the health of our seas and oceans. It is a global problem that, like climate change, knows no geographical or political boundaries and has ecological and socioeconomic impacts.

8 MILLION TONNES OF WASTE ENTER OUR OCEANS EACH YEAR

70% OF MARINE WASTE ENDS UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN

BY 2050 THERE WILL BE MORE PLASTIC THAN FISH IN THE SEA

80% OF TRASH COMES FROM INLAND

Considering the origin, quantity, and typology of the waste dumped into the sea, the main cause lies in the current linear economic model, which generates a continuous accumulation of waste.


There is no doubt that it is time to act, because if we are not part of the solution, we are part of the problem. At the Ecoalf Foundation, we believe that implementing circular economic models is the best preventive action to fight against marine litter.

VISION
Clean the oceans of marine debris, hand in hand with fishermen and through international alliances.

MISSION
To do our part in fighting ocean pollution

The History of the ECOALF Foundation is the story of Upcycling the Oceans, an unprecedented global adventure born in the Mediterranean Sea in 2015. The aim is to clean the oceans of marine waste with the help of the fishing industry and to give a second life to plastic waste through recycling and closing the loop

The ECOALF Foundation and BIOTHERM unite to conserve the aquatic ecosystems and stop litter from reaching the sea in a project with a three year duration that started in November 2020 with the Jarama River. The objective is to recover fluvial environments by highlighting the harm that discarded garbage causes rivers and oceans, simultaneously addressing participation, conservation, sensitivity, and scientific understanding.