Circular Ocean (multi-component output)

• Main Author: Charter, Martin
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Circular Ocean 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Norway
• Online Access: http://research.uca.ac.uk/5586/; http://www.circularocean.eu/research/

Since 2014 The Centre for Sustainable Design's developing focus on circular business models has led to CfSD’s involvement in two projects funded by the EU Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) programme, Circular Ocean (2015-18) and Blue Circular Economy (2018-22), which builds on Circular Ocean’s aims and insights. In Circular Ocean Charter worked with UCA doctoral student Rhiannon Hunt and CfSD’s Scott Keiller. They collaborated with partners in Scotland, Denmark, Ireland and Norway to address the Entrepreneurship strand of the NPA programme, researching how start-ups and SMEs can reuse waste fishing nets and ropes in new product development. CfSD, although not in the NPA area, was brought into the project to contribute specialist expertise in eco-innovation and SMEs. Charter and CfSD published 6 research reports and feasibility studies and produced a new Circular-Ocean-specific version of CfSD’s Eco-innovation Guide for Start-ups, Entrepreneurs & SMEs 1- Circular Ocean WP3.1: Potential applications of 3D Printing (3DP) in the recycling of Fishing Nets & Ropes (FNR’s) 2- SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS OF PORTRELATED FEASIBILITY STUDIES RELATED TO THE COLLECTION AND RECYCLING OF WASTE FISHING NETS AND ROPES IN GREENLAND, IRELAND, NORWAY AND SCOTLAND 3- Circular Ocean: Eco-innovation Guide for Start-ups, Entrepreneurs & Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) 4- Products from Waste Fishing Nets Accessories, Clothing, Footwear, Home Ware, Recreation 5- Knowledge Base Report Booklet on knowledge base related to eco-innovation and circular economy of used fishing nets, ropes and components (FNRCs). 6- Community Workshops Potential places and spaces to create and develop products from used fishing nets, ropes and components (FNRCs)