Project overview
Ocean plastic barrier in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Interreg: Circular Ocean-bound Plastic
Southern Baltic Sea
Recycling of mooring lines
Global
Project news
Ocean Plastic Forum receives million-funding to remove ghost nets in Øresund
With official project launch on the 1st of September, the project "Collection of Ghost Nets - and the Story of it - in the Marine Nature Reserve Øresund" is now up and running. In the project, the association, in collaboration with our partners, will register and...
OPF signs collaboration agreement with startup company acckon ApS
A new collaboration agreement has been reached between OPF and acckon ApS in the project "Closed-loop recycling of mooring lines". It is estimated that globally 75,000 tons of hawsers are produced in virgin plastic, equivalent to 7% of all maritime plastic waste....
The Interreg project, “Circular Ocean-bound Plastic,” was officially launched in January 2024.
In the Interreg project, supported by Interreg South Baltic with funding from the EU, the Ocean Plastic Forum will collaborate with Danish, Swedish, German, and Polish partners to identify challenges, opportunities, and best practices for collecting and recycling...
Agreement in place regarding a location for waste management in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Together with Engineers Without Borders Denmark, Danish Engineering Service, and our local partner, World Hope International, OPF has entered into an agreement with the Mayor's Office in the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown City Council, regarding a location for...
OPF participates in Interreg project with German and Polish partners
Ocean Plastic Forum has joined an interregional project to promote circular and resource-efficient development in the Southern Baltic Sea in collaboration with the following partners: CLEAN Cluster The Foundation Plast Center Denmark Sustainable Business Hub...
New project: Collection of ghost nets in the marine nature reserve Øresund
Ocean Plastic Forum has received 4 million Danish kroner in support from the A.P. Møllerske Støttefond to register and collect ghost nets and lost fishing gear in the newly established marine nature reserve, Øresund. The project, which spans over 2½ years, is carried...
Testing of the floating barrier in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Our ongoing project in Sierra Leone is making steady progress. We've successfully developed and produced a prototype of our floating barrier, which has been brought to Freetown for testing. Representatives from Engineers Without Borders Denmark, World Hope...
Next stop: Freetown, Sierra Leone
The work on building a barrier to prevent plastic from flowing into the Atlantic Ocean from the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown, is progressing. The project is being carried out in collaboration with Engineers Without Borders, DIS - CREADIS Engineering Solutions...
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