AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Responsible Consumption & Production
KEYWORDS
Plastic, recycling, Maritime industry
COUNTRY
Denmark
DESIGNED BY
Hans Axel Kristensen
WEBSITE
http://plastixglobal.com/
Plastix
Transforms discarded post-use plastic waste fractions into valuable recycled raw plastic materials.
Awareness of environmental impacts, geopolitics and a focus on increasing efficiency in the collecting of waste streams has created incentives for the fishing industry to stop dumping used fishing gear into the ocean, thus moving the issue to on-shore handling of nets and other types of gear. Our creativity for solutions derives from the imagination, designs, innovations, strategies and collective implementation methodologies that meet the diverse needs of our clients and partners. Through the use of technology, we provide treatment methods that have shown the ability to effectively recycle plastics and metals from net and trawl without downgrading the quality and thereby loose valuable resources. With our recycling technology the used maritime materials can be recycled 100% in a closed loop. The scarcity of resources means that waste is increasingly becoming a source of income rather than just a nuisance.