Can salmon farming netpens be recycled? Aquaculture equipment group Akva wants to find out

Norway-based service supplier Akva Group is testing the possibility of constructing new salmon netpens from the recycled plastic from older netpens.

Virgin plastic is mainly used in load-bearing structures in the pen due to material quality requirements. The project hopes to prove recycled plastic from a previously used in other netpens can meet industry standards.

Akva has already used recycled plastic on farm site walkways.

Norwegian salmon farmer Nova Sea will supply the previously used netpens for the project.

The potential climate savings from national management of plastic waste is up to 50 million kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO2), partly by preventing combustion and the export of resources, the company said.