Recycled through the Nofir system.
Dismantled and sorted before recycling or reuse.
Recycled or reused after processing.
Collected from net repair workshops, fish farms, service stations and waste facilities.
Recycled through the Nofir system.
Complete trawl nets can be sent for recycling.
Can be recycled.
Melted down into pellets.
Waste companies often receive discarded equipment from fisheries and fish farming for landfill. Much of it can be recycled.
We provide information and training so you can separate the materials that are suitable for recycling.
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We arrange transportation and documenation.
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The equipment is dismantled and sorted in Lithuania.
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End-to-end traceability and detailed environmental reports.
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Partners create filament or granules from the raw materials.
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When possible, the material is re-used into as sports nets.
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Our raw material becomes a variety of different products, ranging from furniture to textiles.
The equipment is sorted, cleaned and melted down into plastic pellets, which are used to make furniture, car parts, pipes and packaging, among other things.
Nylon from nets is sent to Aquafil and turned into ECONYL®a 100% regenerated nylon yarn with the same quality as virgin nylon, used by more than 2500 brands.
made from pellets and filaments
made from pellets and filaments
made from ECONYL®
made from ECONYL®
made from reused nets
"This is truly the future. The fact that we have documented that recycled nylon can maintain the same quality as virgin nylon in a demanding fishing net is a milestone."
Senior Advisor, Grieg Seafood
Whenever possible, the equipment is reused directly in the production of new products — for example, nets for golf, football, volleyball, handball, and more.
“Nofir has been important to us in developing tailored solutions for our greens and driving range — and reused fishing nets fit well with our environmental profile.”
John Riiber, Course Manager at Oslo Golfklubb
The material is reused directly in new products such as golf nets and nets for football, volleyball and handball.
Pellets
The equipment is sorted, cleaned and turned into plastic pellets for furniture, car parts, pipes, packaging and more.
Filaments
Nylon from nets is sent to Aquafil and turned into ECONYL®, a 100% regenerated nylon yarn with the same quality as virgin nylon, used by more than 2500 brands.
Fractions that cannot be recycled are sent for energy recovery.
