Responsibility measures

All plastic used for the aquaculture facilities should be recyclable

Producer responisbility Producer responisbility

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Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Baltic

Relevant stage:

Prevention and reduction

Related Barriers:

  • Companies often lack internal cost-risk assessments related to easy-to-lose plastic materials.

  • Especially young designers depend on the insturcitons of gear producers and do often not dare to test new approaches to prevent, alter or reduce gear material.

  • Lack of political will.

Related Good Practice:

P&R GP7.3

100% recyclabe material for installations

ARTHUR KRÜGER company provides a wide range of semi-finished products as well as complete manufacturing of finished parts for the aquaculture sector: from design to construction up to assembly with light weight, stable, sustainable, 100% recyclable, easy to install und long life material, even for rough weather conditions. They are also testing alternatives for glass-fiber-reinforced plastic (GRP) constructions.