Ghost Fishing UK train scuba divers to recover lost fishing nets from the ocean. The funds are to enable these nets to be cleaned and transported to Glasgow, so the materials can be recycled into plant pots, creating a fully circular and traceable economy.

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    The United Nations estimate that 640,000 tonnes of fishing gear is lost in the seas every year. This fishing gear continues to catch marine animals, which then become “bait” for more marine animals. The fishing gear is frequently made of plastic based materials and therefore can potentially continue to “ghost fish” for many hundreds of years before probably breaking down into micro-plastics. We want to work alongside the fishing industry to help solve this problem and recycle lost fishing gear.

    Train more divers to survey and remove ghost gear. The more divers around the UK we have, the bigger the impact. We have a recycling solution for lost nets of almost all materials and these need to be cleaned, transported and processed to a facility in Scotland for complete recycling into plant pots. This creates a circular, viable pathway out of the sea and into a process where the nets can never return to the ocean. The pots can be continually recycled, an indefinite number of times.

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  • Animals Animals
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  • Environment/Conservation Environment/​Conservation
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    • General Public/Humankind General Public/​Humankind
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