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Marine plastic recyclers Healix and Oceanize want to transform the recycling landscape for mari-
time ropes used in aquaculture

pellets from fishing nets and tulip nets. aquaculture into Healix’s proprietary challenges.
The company has recently received grade of PP pellets, called XPP-MR. "Joining forces with Oceanize repre-
funding from the Dutch province of Oceanize will exclusively market and sents a very significant moment in our
Limburg, LIOF, to continue its work. sell Healix XPP-MR in Norway, Swe- quest to create a sustainable future
It has also partnered with Coca-Cola den, and Finland, with Healix covering for plastic fibre waste,” said Marcel
Netherlands to produce recycled drink the rest of Europe. Alberts, CEO of Healix. “By combining
crates from discarded tulip nets. our technologies and expertise, we can
Aquaculture has a long tradition in the
Now, Healix has announced a new Nordic countries. Norway, for exam- significantly amplify our impact, keep-
contract manufacturing partnership ple, produces more than half of the ing plastics within the economy and
with Oceanize. The Norway-based ma- farmed salmon in the world. Aquacul- out of our oceans,” he concluded.
rine plastic recycler will start process- ture's contribution to ghost gear pol- Source :- Sustainable plastics
ing and recycling maritime ropes from lution is one of its major sustainability

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