XRail
HUX - Hang Up XRail, is an accessory to Exit’s ‘Xrail’ wetsuit hanger. It gives the user more ways to hang their wetsuit.
It is made from nets heading to landfill from net repairers in Howth, close to where the company is based.
Infos
Location(s): Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 2021
Results
Process:
Source off cuts/unrepairable nets from net repairers in Howth.
Clean in freshwater.
Disassemble the nets.
Cut to required length.
Remove the inner cord.
Assemble with a duffle coat wooden button and use strand from the removed cord to secure by stitching.
Initiatives to discover
initiative(s)
FILIPECH
The FILIPECH project has taken two main actions: the establishment of the producer responsability organisation dedicated to the management of end-of-life fishing gear, and the carrying out of new experiments in four ports to test and improve the collection and recovery of used HDPE trawls
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Gravity Wave
Gravity Wave is a social start-up based in Spain. committed to combating marine pollution through a circular economy model.
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IFF Plastics
IFF Plastics in Co. Clare, Ireland worked together with BIM to investigate if retired fishing nets from ports could be recycled into a material to create products such as fence posts.
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Oyster Bag Waste Management
Studies and trials have been carried out on managing waste aquaculture gear, determining the feasibility of disposal of end of life gear through recycling and other systems in comparison to other disposal strategies such as landfill.
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Repescaplas
The initiative aimed at mitigating the impact of marine litter, particularly plastic waste, through its recovery, characterisation, and valorisation into useful products.
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