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As part of the project, the partner universities NTU, HLU, and KGU have conducted a series of interactive workshops with local fishers to promote the sustainable use and management of fishing gear. These activities focused on strengthening awareness of the environmental impact of abandoned or end-of-life nets and the opportunities that arise from their responsible…

Within the framework of the REVFIN project (revfin.asia), researchers are exploring new ways to characterize plastics recovered from discarded fishing gear. Current handheld spectrometers are often unsuitable for such samples: black materials cannot be measured reliably, and air gaps within nets cause light scattering that distorts results. To address these challenges, the concept of a…

In the Train-the-Trainer program, visiting researchers and students from Vietnam came to Germany to explore the entire recycling process step by step – from waste separation and simple plastic identification methods to extrusion, injection molding, and advanced material analyses. The idea: participants will later pass on this knowledge in Vietnam, helping to strengthen education and…

Nha Trang University (NTU) has achieved an important milestone with the delivery, installation, and commissioning of advanced machinery for its new Demonstration Center, dedicated to recycling discarded fishing nets. The equipment—shredder, extruder, granulator, filament maker, 3D printer, and tensile test tower—was officially unveiled during an opening ceremony attended by university leaders, partners, and students. The…

As the project approaches its successful conclusion in March 2026, a pivotal series of events took place in northern Vietnam from June 16–20, 2025, bringing together key stakeholders for critical coordination, evaluation, and planning. Workshop at Ha Long University (June 16–18, 2025) Hosted by Ha Long University (HLU), the multi-day workshop gathered all core partners…

On June 11, Nha Trang University (NTU) hosted a roundtable discussion aimed at promoting a circular economy for fishing gear waste in Vietnam’s coastal provinces. The event served as a platform to present project survey results and Best Practice Guidelines (BPG), and to foster dialogue among stakeholders on how to transform used fishing gear into…

On February 19, 2025, seven members of the REVFIN team (Max Ehleben, Thomas Potempa, Harald Rau, Welf Graf v. Luxburg-Marten, Sofie Hoang, Julia Tetzner, and Nina Piede) traveled to Vietnam for the 2nd International Conference. This year’s conference, organized in collaboration with Kien Giang University (KGU), comprised three conference days on Phu Quoc Island and…

On 29.10.2024, the NDR broadcast a report about our project. The focus was on the recycling process chain in Heinenkamp. Together with the project manager Prof. Dr. Ehleben, Dr. Potempa as well as Robin Führmann, Sofie Hoang and the third course of scientists from Vietnam, the individual steps were demonstrated and explained. The entire program…

October 9 – 11, 2024Ho Chi Minh City / Binh Duong, Vietnam 20th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing Vietnamese-German University (Host) In October 2024, three of our project members participated in the 20. Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM) at the Vietnamese-German University in Ho Chi Minh City. This international exchange was organized by the…

The newspaper “Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) reported also on our project and the previous partner meeting in Wolfsburg in September. The article can be found under the following link: WAZ – REVFIN: Recycling von Fischernetzen