GWR Polymers Ltd

24/07/2019

Thanks to Newlyn Harbour and for the facilitation of another truck load of end of life fishing nets ready for recycling here in the U.K.

03/07/2019

640,000 tons of ghost gear fishing nets are dumped at sea each year and if we continue dumping at the rate we are, by 2050 there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish. Since 2011 I have diverted over 1800 tons out of potential dumping or landfill sites and into viable recycling streams. We are now recycling this ourselves to create a marine grade polymer called OceanAmid.

21/06/2019

Creating value in marine plastics by setting up local collection systems, segregating into a pure polymer and extrusion into a reusable pellet for injection moulding.
We are now compounding these materials for specific use in the plastics industry.

12/02/2019

Setting up the new compound for our fishing net recovery and recycling operation in Newlyn Harbour.
Over 200 tons of end of life fishing nets have been successfully recycled from Newlyn and the surrounding harbours through GWR Polymers since we setup in 2007.
Big thanks to Rob Parsons for the assistance in this facilitation.

30/10/2018

Positive action by the government to incentivise one way plastic manufacturers to use recycled polymer over 30%

Chancellor fails to back 'latte levy' to cut coffee cup use backed by The Independent's campaign

11/09/2018

Very soon I will be releasing my new polymer onto the market in the form of marine grade nylon 6 granules for injection moulding and component manufacture.
Unfilled nylon 6, RV 2.7
Compounding available at request.
All made from end of life fishing nets from U.K. and Ireland with full traceability.
If you are interested, please enquire here or to [email protected]

08/06/2018

Proud to be helping setup a similar project to mine in Sri Lanka called Sea Change which aims at cleaning the shorelines of the 1000’s tons of discarded fishing nets and preparing them for recycling.
Great to be helping smaller communities in lesser developed areas of the world by providing the locals with work and making their living environment more habitable.

30/04/2018

Had our initial extrusion trials last week to get end of life UK fishing nets back into recycled U.K. products and create the first U.K. closed loop marine recycling route.

28/03/2018

Since 2012, GWR Polymers has recovered over 2000 tons of marine waste and placed into recycling routes.
These materials are now being re-used in the form of clothing, furniture and marine based products.

23/03/2018

Another collection of end of life fishing nets going for recycling from Newlyn Harbour.
Thanks to Rob and Ollie for facilitating my project to get all marine waste into recycling.

14/03/2018

https://www.facebook.com/trees041288/posts/10157232619598206

A think tank warns of the risk of unintended consequences from the current concern over plastics.

28/02/2018

Jemma Bere sets out actions Wales' can take to tackle to our worsening problems with plastic