Sustainability
Cleaner sea and better management
Our focus on sustainability comes from the inside. UN´s sustainability goals for cleaner sea and a more sustainable food production is something we have worked on for a long time. And that we will continue.
Sustainability for us is about giving the next generation a cleaner sea than we have today and managing the oceans resources better than the generation before.
The choice of materials
When we chose the materials, it felt wrong to produce equipment for use in the ocean from virgin plastic. That’s why Lofotteina is produced of almost 100% recycled plastic from fish and fish farming industry. Materials are so clean that almost the whole pot can be recycled infinitely. That we are proud of.
Quality and animal welfare
Lofotteina is made to be more efficient than other pots, without compromising the quality of the catch. The construction of the pot allows the fisherman to treat the catch more gentle, which we believe can increase the profitability in the whole chain.
Should the fisherman be unlucky to lose the pots, they are equipped with escape holes that can be adjusted to the regulations applicable to the type of fishery. The open entrance let fish, birds and other mammals swim out of the pot unhindered if they manage to get themselves in.
Ocean Plastic
We get our plastic from Noprec AS in Ottersøy, probably Norway´s only recycler and granulerer of ocean plastic. There clean and new granulat is produced from litter delivered by In The Same Boat and used pipes from the fish farming company Kvarøy Fiskeoppdrett. From here granulat is transported to Lycro AS where it becomes Lofotteina.
“The main container is made of rigid thermoformed plastic, which is most likely degrading slowly with abrasion and photodegradation being the main degradation processes. Hence, its contribution to microplastic is presumably low. “
Stephan Kubowicz, Sintef Industry