Rubbish

Brag · 02-05-08, 06:38 PM

Tar pellets, plastic junk, you now find it washed ashore in the most remote places. The problem is far worse than described in the article.

HunterICX · 02-06-08, 05:50 AM

Indeed, thats really discusting

HunterICX

seafarer · 02-06-08, 08:18 AM

When I still did deep-sea marine biology and ALVIN cruises, one of the most common things seen on the bottom of the ocean (in 1500-4000m depth) was aluminum soda cans, especially coke cans. Most ocean going commercial ships still simply toss all their rubbish over the side, so it has to collect somewhere. Not to mention the renderings of massive drift nets that seem to foul the north Pacific everywhere (I was amazed how often we used to encounter them - they seemed everywhere).

That, and a lot of Pacific rim countries still use barges to dump much of their land based rubbish at sea.

Kapitan_Phillips · 02-06-08, 08:25 AM

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He warned that the rubbish could double in size over the next decade if consumers do not cut back on their use of plastics.

Or maybe there should be tighter control as to how waste is managed.

STEED · 02-06-08, 12:54 PM

Dumping rubbish at sea is so easy as no one cares or should I say they look the other way.

StarFox · 02-06-08, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Dumping rubbish at sea is so easy as no one cares or should I say they look the other way.

I was watching a show on the History Channel. "We have treated the ocean as both our food locker and our Toilet"

CCIP · 02-06-08, 01:26 PM

Didn't someone propose collecting this and trying to make a profit through recycling?

Cause seriously, someone's gotta do it. I think a few of the world's governments could get together and pitch some cash for someone to start up an operation like this - given the composition of this, I suspect there would soon be a return.

...that's just speaking pragmatically of course. Really, what I think is that the world's major garbage producers have to go and pick it up now.

02-05-08, 06:38 PM	#1
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02-06-08, 05:50 AM	#2
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Indeed, thats really discusting HunterICX __________________

02-06-08, 08:18 AM	#3
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	When I still did deep-sea marine biology and ALVIN cruises, one of the most common things seen on the bottom of the ocean (in 1500-4000m depth) was aluminum soda cans, especially coke cans. Most ocean going commercial ships still simply toss all their rubbish over the side, so it has to collect somewhere. Not to mention the renderings of massive drift nets that seem to foul the north Pacific everywhere (I was amazed how often we used to encounter them - they seemed everywhere). That, and a lot of Pacific rim countries still use barges to dump much of their land based rubbish at sea. __________________ My Father's ship, HMCS Waskesiu (K330), sank U257 on 02/24/1944 running SHIII-1.4 with GWX2.1 and SHIV-1.5 with TMO/RSRDC/PE3.3 under MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 ACER AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB SATA HD Antec TruePower Trio 650watt PSU BFG GeForce 8800GT/OC 512MB VRAM, Samsung 216BW widescreen (1680x1050) LCD

02-06-08, 12:54 PM	#5
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Dumping rubbish at sea is so easy as no one cares or should I say they look the other way. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

02-06-08, 01:26 PM	#7
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Didn't someone propose collecting this and trying to make a profit through recycling? Cause seriously, someone's gotta do it. I think a few of the world's governments could get together and pitch some cash for someone to start up an operation like this - given the composition of this, I suspect there would soon be a return. ...that's just speaking pragmatically of course. Really, what I think is that the world's major garbage producers have to go and pick it up now. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)