{"id":980,"date":"2026-05-08T12:51:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fanbase.servidorbeta.es\/?p=980"},"modified":"2026-11-04T11:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:15:03","slug":"stand-seats-made-from-fishing-nets-how-fanbase-and-gravity-wave-brought-the-sea-to-the-betis-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fanbase2.servidorbeta.es\/en\/stand-seats-made-from-fishing-nets-how-fanbase-and-gravity-wave-brought-the-sea-to-the-betis-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand seats made from fishing nets: how FanBase and Gravity Wave brought the sea to the Betis stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seats for stands made 100% with fishing nets recovered from the Mediterranean. What began as a pilot test at the Benito Villamar\u00edn Stadium has been consolidated into SPARK ECO, a series of monobloc seats that materializes the circular economy applied to sports furniture. This is the story of how we did it.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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A problem that we could no longer ignore<\/h3>\n

Every year about 12 million tons of plastic are dumped into seas and oceans. A very significant part of this waste comes from abandoned or lost fishing nets and gear, especially persistent plastics that take decades to degrade and that become death traps for a multitude of marine species.<\/p>\n

Faced with that reality, at FanBase Seating we asked ourselves a simple question: if we manufacture seats for stands and sports facilities throughout the world. world, why not use precisely that waste as raw material? The answer came from Gravity Wave<\/a> <\/strong>, the Alicante company (based in Calp) specialized in marine circular economy that has been working for years with traditional fishermen and ports to remove nets from the Mediterranean and other Spanish seas.<\/p>\n

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Collaboration with Gravity Wave: from waste to GRAVITEC\u00ae pellet<\/h3>\n

Gravity Wave had developed a material that changed the rules of the game: GRAVITEC\u00ae HDPE<\/strong>, recycled plastic pellets made from 100% fishing nets and marine ropes recovered from seas and ports. A material traced through blockchain (you can know exactly where each batch comes from) and certified under the EuCertPlast<\/strong> and RecyClass<\/strong> standards, the most demanding in the recycling industry.<\/p>\n

The challenge we took on at FanBase was huge: converting that pellet\u2014technically complex for the characteristics of the recycled nets\u2014in a stand seat that complied with sports regulations, resisted vandalism, withstood the elements for years and maintained the comfort that a fan expects. After months of testing, trials and joint development, we achieved it.<\/strong> <\/p>\n