Positioned between the greenhouse "plastic sea" and the Mediterranean, Montemero’s unique landscape fuels our pursuit of transformation. Abandoned plastics — once left to degrade in fields or drift into the ocean — are now raw materials for innovation. Our Materials Lab and Precious Plastic space turn discarded polymers into possibility, with 3D printing, extrusion, injection molding, and shredding technologies driving the process. In collaboration with farmers, locals, students, and visitors, we pioneer better waste management practices — proving that what’s left behind can lead the way forward.

For a deeper dive into agroplastic pollution in marine environments, explore the latest report from the EIA, available for download here.

The Poll-ution

Cigarette butts are the most littered item with 4.5 trillion entering the environment yearly. 1 butt is enough to kill sea-life in as much as 50 litres of water. Just one discarded butt can contaminate up to 50 liters of water, posing a deadly threat to marine life. At Montemero Labs, we are committed to pioneering solutions for a more sustainable future.

To be a Blue Rebellion one must rise against mainstream norms and refuse marine death. The consumer market provides little alternatives which are good for the planet, so we seized the opportunity. We felt it necessary to answer this call with the creation of sporting equipment made of recycled marine waste. Dare to be different and join our uprising against marine plastics. the swell is building, will you join the wave?

Football is Spain's national sport and easily the country's most important mass movement and spectator sport. In 2020 more than 1 million footballers of all ages registered with Royal Spanish Football Federation. Appealing to this audience would certainly build the momentum of sustainability.  Our solution: shinguards made of recycled ocean plastic and biodegradable cork padding.

Blue Rebellions shinguards are for all players but specifically aimed at inspiring children through their interest of football. The Blue Rebellions package includes entire team involvement of creating the shinguards from beach cleanup to recycling and finally pressing their own pair to take to the field. Safeguarding the environment for future generations, with future generations, can be done in a way so that both have room to prosper and have fun! To do good doesn’t mean paper or plastic anymore.

We do our best to operate sustainably and by doing so, we hope to lead the industry. Blue Rebellions uses innovation to solve the problem of surplus plastics by diverting them from the ocean to create new products. This not only cleans up waterways but reduces the demand for new virgin plastics, proving the value in recycled plastics. Our production techniques focus on local people and resources to create the best possible product, with little CO2 footprint.

We realise there is no way to escape plastics and instead seek value in this versatile material. The large quantities of plastics we collect from our the mediterranean and agri lands cleanups are diverted from landfills and transformed into new materials, such as building beams, furniture construction, just a piece of art. Recycling these plastics lessens the demand on fossil fuels mined to make virgin plastics, landfill space and their prevalence in the environment.

 In our plastic lab we wash, shred and extrude the plastic into moulds of various shapes and sizes depending on the need.

Their beam color depends on the color of plastic used, often giving a marbled look. The water cooling creates a natural material surface look and gives it a unique haptic.

Beams were extruded to construct several projects and products at montemero. Users are often surprised to learn that repurposed, reused and reshaped plastic can look beautiful and withstand any strength comparison to timber and virgin plastic.