Upcycling the Oceans is the main project of the Ecoalf Foundation and undoubtedly the most ambitious; an unprecedented worldwide adventure that fights against marine litter with the help of the fishing sector. An initiative of international scope that was born in Spain in 2015 and since then has also been implemented in Thailand, Greece, Italy and France. Ecoalf Foundation is currently working on its expansion to other countries in the Mediterranean basin. We work together with +4000 volunteer fishermen that so far have taken +1150 tons of marine waste from the bottom of the Mediterranean sea in Spain, France, Italy and Greece. On top on that, we promote circular economy sorting and recycling the materials and proving that waste can be used in other industries, as the fashion industry. Our goal is by 2030 to work with all the fishermen in the Mediterranean and fight marine litter as a common challenge.
- Name of organisation
- Fundacion Ecoalf
- Type of organisation
- Non-governmental organisation
- Type of action proposed
- Upscaling, deployment and replication of solutions
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Prevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and waters
- List of Partners
Fishing industr, Port Authorities & industrial Sector
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 0
- Basin coverage
- Mediterranean Sea
- Website link
- aruzo@fundacionecoalf.org
- Country
- FranceGreeceItalySpain