We have designed a community-scale fishing net recycling system that reduces or removes waste managment costs while also producing a valuable and ready-to-use raw material. The process only uses water and power but is so efficient it can fit into a shipping container. The resulting raw material can be used in exactly the same way as new plastics, so can displace their production. We are addresssing carbon emissions, resource efficiency, resource availability and issues around equitable access to waste management infrastructure.
Meet 0rCA.
Born on the Cornish coast, 0rCA exists to prove that
marine waste can become a valuable industrial
resource.
Our mission is simple. Recover end of life fishing nets,
recycle them responsibly, and transform them into high
performance materials used across global industries.
From ocean waste to premium material, we are building
a circular solution that starts in coastal communities
and scales worldwide.
Support the mission and help us build the next mobile
recycling centre.
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Our next step in scaling circular manufacturing: 0rCA in a container
A complete materials recycling plant, ready to turn end-of-life fishing nets into premium PA6.
Just connect power and water.
If the site is ready, 0rCA is ready.
0rca.co.uk
Did you know: fishing nets often end up in landfills or incinerators due to a lack of recycling infrastructure. ♻️
Our founder discusses how we're providing an environmentally friendly and economically viable solution to this global problem.
Fishy Filaments is a UK-based start-up that is building a fishing net recycling system for community-scale deployment around the world.
In order to demonstrate the efficiency of the process and the value of the materials we can recycle our focus is on supplying high value applications such as 3D printing.
This approach allows us to provide hyper-local supplies of an engineering grade material right next to the commercial fishing fleets that initially buy, use, then put to waste the nets we recycle.
Every step of the process and the business model is driven by carbon emissions reduction and we've shown that we can provide near new mechanical performance at 97-98% lower carbon emissions vs the baseline of new Nylon 6 that the nets are initially made from.
The recycled Nylon 6 has found uses in consumer goods, homewares, fashion, sporting goods and is being exploredd by the auto sector.
