Nina Lantinga

Meet Nina, professional ghost (gear) buster, hunting abandoned and leaded fishing ropes across Canada and India, already capturing 3 tonnes of HDPE and 390 kg of nets and plastics before they haunt oceans or landfills. Her “port-to-pellet” system safely removes embedded metals, producing high-quality recycled resin. Life cycle analysis shows each tonne recycled avoids 3 tonnes of GHGs, 1.96 tonnes of crude oil consumption, and reduces climate impact by 92%, water scarcity by 95%, human health impacts by 96%, and ecosystem impacts by 87% versus virgin plastic in China. Nina proves even phantom plastics can be tracked, tamed, and transformed – and she’s “who you gonna call”!