Marlow Ropes launches mooring rope made of 100% recycled plastic

Marlow Ropes' Blue Ocean Dockline is made of rPET yarns and is available in the UK now. It will be launched in the rest of Europe in 2019

Marlow Ropes Blue Ocean Dockline recycled plastic rope
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Marlow Ropes has launched a sustainable mooring rope made of 100% recycled plastic.

Each metre of 16mm Blue Ocean Dockline uses recycled polyester (rPET) yarn wholly made from seven and a half  plastic bottles. It is available pre-spliced in 12 mm and 16 mm diameters from 6m to 15m long. The Blue Ocean Dockline is exclusive to Marlow’s mooring series and is available on the UK market now, whilst in the rest of Europe it will be available in 2019.
The construction of the recycled rope has the same attributes of Marlow’s other mooring products including good abrasion resistance and shock absorption with soft and supple flexibility and zero strength loss or shrinkage.

rPET yarns use 94 percent less water than oil-based PET fibres. The production process uses 60 percent less energy and there is a 32 percent CO2 emissions reduction. These yarns are then woven on site in Sussex at Marlow Ropes’ manufacturing operation to create the Blue Ocean Dockline – 100% up-cycled plastic and fully waterproof.

Jon Mitchell, MD of Marlow Ropes said: “Virtually every piece of plastic ever made still exists in some shape or form — unless it’s been incinerated. So re-using something as available as plastic water bottles curbs discards, reduces toxic emissions from incinerators, diverts waste from landfills, and, of course, requires fewer resources overall to be made — so that one-time purchase of a water bottle may stay useful, and stay in circulation, for many years to come.

“Like many progressive organisations, we are extremely conscious of our environmental impact and ensure that our manufacturing and waste management systems are in line with our environmental policy.  All our manufacturing waste yarn is recycled where it can be, and this includes HMPE, polyester, nylon and aramid fibres.  Off-cut ropes are donated to local schools and animal charities, and we have recycling policies across all other waste materials such as cardboard, wood and metal.”

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