Traceable Marine Plastic for Manufacturers
The ocean's most harmful plastic waste, transformed into a resource.
Marine plastic recovered and recycled in the UK, traceable from port to pellet and embedded with impact. For creating products for change.
Traceable impact
We track the recovery and source location of every kg of fishing gear in our recycling stream, tracing it from port, to pellet, to product.
Performance
Proven across a broad range of manufacturing applications, driven by exceptional polymer purity from a patented filtration process.
Circular
We support partner brands to enable circularity across multiple lifecycles, with takeback schemes and closed-loop end-of-life recycling.
Made in the UK
All of our marine plastic is recovered and reprocessed entirely within the UK, through an innovative, energy-efficient process.
Our polymers
High-performance recycled polymers
Polypropylene
Lightweight and durable, common in ropes, bait bags and mooring lines. In recycled form, a versatile plastic suited to a broad range of consumer goods through injection moulding.
High Density Polyethylene
Tough and versatile, often found in trawl nets, ropes and containers. Its impact and chemical resistance suit extrusion, blow moulding, rotomoulding and injection moulding.
Nylon (in development)
An engineering plastic valued for high tensile strength and flexibility, common in monofilament nets and lines. Abrasion resistance makes it ideal for precision parts.
Why it matters
Polymers with a positive impact
Waterhaul is dedicated to tackling ghost gear: lost, abandoned or discarded fishing gear, the most directly harmful form of marine plastic pollution. By transforming this plastic into high-performance polymers, we create value from what was once waste.
This incentivises fishers, harbours and coastal communities to join us in recovering ghost gear and preventing its future accumulation, contributing to a cleaner, healthier ocean.
Port to pellet
Traceability throughout the supply chain
Our rigorous traceability standards mean we can account for every kilogram of material received at our facility. From pick-up, to pellet, to product, our digital traceability system tracks throughout the entire recycling process.
Materials are processed in isolation, so the pellets we create are made from the exact marine plastics fed into the system. Every purchase comes with a complete proportional breakdown of exactly where your materials were recovered.
Proven process and credentials
UK recovery, fully documented
Our entire recycling process takes place within the UK, minimising the carbon footprint of our operations and ensuring full traceability. All input materials are sourced from UK harbours and coastline, intercepting end-of-life fishing gear before it enters landfill and recovering reported ghost gear in Cornwall and the South West.
Applications
Used across industry, worldwide
Available in volumes from 10kg up to full container loads, our pellets provide a reliable, sustainable alternative that meets the diverse needs of manufacturers, reducing environmental impact while maintaining product performance.
Batch traceability
See exactly where a batch came from
Every batch of Traceable Marine Plastic comes with a detailed dataset on the recovery, sourcing and processing of the marine plastic in that specific batch, which you can communicate to your customers.
Featured partners
Made with Traceable Marine Plastic
Meet the brands helping us make a positive ocean impact by using Traceable Marine Plastic in their own innovative product lines.
Potr
Origami self-watering plant pots.
Circular&Co
Reusable coffee cups.
Gomi
Bluetooth speakers and power bank casings.
AllDay Goods
Santoku kitchen knife handle.
Moulded Earplugs
Earplug filters and chords.
Poca Audio
Speaker components and peg stake.
Plaber
Crushproof, watertight carry cases.
Cmonsta
Wetsuit hanger.
As used by
Trusted by UK manufacturers
Working with Waterhaul's ocean plastic has added another exciting sustainable option for us. The flow rate is comparable to virgin-grade plastics and the pellet quality is remarkably uniform. It offers both performance and purpose.
Kiron Phillips
Great Central Plastics
The material supplied by Waterhaul has always been to a good standard, free of contaminants and fit for purpose. Processing-wise it's very similar to a virgin material, and many products do not need the higher specifications of virgin material.
Mike Eveleigh
Casting Support Systems Ltd.
Although this material is of a reprocessed nature, from an injection moulding point of view it holds many of the characteristics of a virgin-grade material in terms of flow rate, and is always consistent throughout.
Kevin Webb
Travin Products
Material FAQs
Common questions
What types of fishing gear and marine plastics does Waterhaul recycle?
We offer the broadest range of fishing gear, rope and marine plastic recycling capabilities currently available within the UK, including all forms of fishing nets, a broad range of ropes and lines, nylon and monofilament netting, hard marine plastics, bait bags and even end-of-life sails.
What are plastic pellets and how are they used?
Plastic pellets, also known as nurdles or resin pellets, are small granules used as the raw material in plastic production. They are melted and moulded into items ranging from sunglasses to automotive parts. In 2024, after scaling our recycling process, we launched Traceable Marine Plastic to make our pellets commercially available to other brands.
How are traceable plastic pellets different from regular pellets?
Traceable pellets are produced with the source and recovery of every kilogram documented, so they can be tracked throughout the supply chain. This ensures transparency and accountability, helping companies verify the origin of the material and demonstrate it was sourced responsibly.
What are the benefits of using recycled polymer pellets?
Using recycled materials reduces demand for virgin plastics, conserves resources and decreases greenhouse gas emissions, while diverting plastic waste from landfills and oceans. With Traceable Marine Plastic specifically, you can also account for exactly where your material was recovered.
What is the process for recycling fishing gear into pellets?
Recycling involves collecting and sorting the plastic waste, cleaning and shredding it into small pieces, then melting and reforming these into new pellets, which can be reintroduced into manufacturing to create new products.
What industries commonly use plastic pellets?
Plastic pellets are used across packaging, automotive, construction, electronics and consumer goods, from containers and bottles to dashboards, piping, insulation and household items.
Contact us
Source ocean plastic, or partner with us
Interested in sourcing 100% recycled ocean plastic for your products or project, or joining us as a marine plastic waste collection partner? Get in touch and we'll talk you through the next steps.
Material enquiriesjake@waterhaul.co
Product & co-branding enquiriesjon@waterhaul.co
Collection partnershipsTell us about your harbour, fleet or recovery volumes and we'll be in touch.
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