This Oceanworks Guaranteed Nylon PA6 + ABS + toughener is sourced from Southeast Asia and comes in the form of black pellets. It is 55% ocean plastic recovered from properly disposed of fishing nets, trawls, and ropes in South America. This material is the result of an interception program in place to prevent old fishing gear from being discarded into the ocean. It is guaranteed to have been harvested from a near shore location, one of the five types of locations where ocean plastic is collected worldwide, which means that it is material in the shallow areas of ocean near the shore line.