From abandoned fishing nets to sustainable clothing. Marine litter including abandoned fishing nets – also known as ghost nets – are a serious threat to marine ecosystems. In the EU, an estimated 20% of fishing ...
Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub shortlisted. The Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH) project has been shortlisted for the Partnership Scotland Award at this year’s VIBES – Scottish Environment Business Awards with partners The Scottish ...
Shetland students’ Green Team. The Shetland students’ Green Team have been awarded the 2019 HISA Society of the Year Award. The Green Team, which was formed by students at both Shetland College UHI and NAFC ...
Drysdale’s bespoke aquaculture solutions. Tasmanian company Drysdale Engineering specialises in working closely with local fish farms, including the removal of old equipment to be recycled and replacing it with new items that have been fabricated ...
Irish bid for circular economy for fishing gear. Members of the Irish fishing sector met with harbour masters, net producers and with representatives from recycling companies and government officials in Cork , Ireland this week ...
Unrecyclable plastics disappearing from UK supermarket shelves. One year since UK businesses across the plastics supply chain made a unique pact to tackle plastics pollution, WRAP has published a report of progress made by members to ...
Princes increases package recycling. Fish canner Princes is once again increasing the recycled content of the plastic it uses, as the shrink wrap packaging on its UK manufactured products moves to 50 percent post-consumer recycled ...
MOWI Underlines Commitment to Plastic Recycling – Salmon farmer Mowi has developed a company-wide policy on plastic waste management, and according to the company, one of their important material value drivers is the goal to ...
HB Grandi signs recycling declaration of intent. Iceland fishing and seafood company HB Grandi has signed a declaration of intent for the recycling and export of EPS (expanded polystyrene). The project is based on an ...
Seafood businesses encouraged to reduce waste, leading the way in the Scottish food and drink manufacturing sector helping to meet Scottish Government’s targets. To support them, a guide has been produced for small businesses in ...
Sunderland Marine support for recycling fishing line. The ANLRS is delighted to announce that Sunderland Marine, specialists in Marine, Aquaculture and Angling Lakes Insurance, has kindly offered to donate £1000.00 to the scheme in support ...