Legislation measures

Return systems without deposit collection organized by the business community have already proven themselves in other countries like Iceland. Also, Japan has had established take-back and recycling systems for decades.

Policy Policy

Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

Baltic

Relevant stage:

Removal and recycling

Related Barriers:

  • There is a lack of waste management infrastructure with, e.g. insufficient opportunities to collect, sort and reuse waste in ports or other defined collection sites.

  • There is a lack of cooperation between different sectors like aquaculture, fisheries and agriculture to collect a needed amount of gear to assure recycling. Recycling will only be taken up on a larger scale if it is economically beneficial.

  • Too less data about amount of collected aquacutlure gear waste.

Related Good Practice:

R&R GP 8.4

Take-back-system for fishery equipment

A take-back system for Icelandic fishery equipment was established in 2005/2006 Fishing industry. Mainly power supplies from trawls and purse nets are collected. These are mechanically recycled. No proceeds will be made from the material collected. The motivation of the fishing companies to establish the take-back system lies in Avoidance of import taxes on new goods in a bill in the event of failure of the take-back system was decided (Fisheries Iceland 2017).