Devon Cornwall CoOp
“The ocean’s most harmful plastic waste transformed into a resource. Marine plastic recovered and recycled in the UK allows you to trace exactly where the fishing gear was recovered and recycled, from port to pellet. For creating products embedded with impact.”
This is a big deal as it's our first batch of materials to use a recycled pellet processed in the United Kingdom. We have been dreaming of this for many years.
This marine plastic is sourced from end-of-life fishing nets and ghost gear and is collected and reprocessed in the UK. Using an energy-efficient process, we minimize our environmental footprint while maximizing impact.
For this batch, we collaborated with Waterhaul, which works with Biffa, Clean Ocean Sailing, PTS, and various groups up and down the Devon and Cornish Coasts, collecting 15-ton batches of nets and ropes.
This is the minimum requirement of the pelletising partner. Multiple hauls from around Devon and Cornwall are combined into this CoOp batch. The nets are cleaned, shredded, and then pelletised. The pellet ensures that our manufacturing process is as efficient and sustainable as possible.
You can find out more about Waterhauls materials here.
Watch the manufacturing process of our recycled ocean plastic plant pots here.
#Batch 010
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Devon & Cornwall
January 2024
Material type: HDPE
Shredded and injection moulded in Bristol, UK.
Materials Collected by Waterhaul
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If you spot ghost fishing gear around the UK, please report it via the Ghost Fishing Gear report page.
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10% of our profits support charities and beach cleaning crews supporting marine conservation & outreach programs in the community
We use 100% recycled materials that can be 100% recycled. Circular & sustainable design principals for a healthy planet
Our products are made locally in Bristol, UK by merman and his trusty pirate helpers. We collect our materials off local beaches.
Ecotribo is committed to a circular economy. We design our products to last a lifetime and offer a lifetime warranty. If your ocean plastic product ever breaks, we will repair or replace it for free.
We use only 100% recycled materials in our recycled ocean plastic products, and we can guarantee that every product returned will be repaired or recycled (just pay the postage). This is possible because we have a closed-loop production process. Please help us create a more sustainable future by choosing Ecotribo. When you buy our eco products, you are helping to reduce plastic pollution.
Cleaning our seas,
Planting positivity.