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If that's the case, then what is this charity going to do with all this trash? Send it back up the river to be dumped again?
by sidewndr46 3y ago
If that's the case, then what is this charity going to do with all this trash? Send it back up the river to be dumped again?
- nickburns 3y agoyou'll make your progeny exceedingly wealthy beyond even your wildest dreams and for generations to come if you can answer the first question. but you're obviously just being sarcastic given the second, so no, that's not likely what they intend to do with it.
- dredmorbius 3y ago"After trash is removed from the Interceptor Barricade using excavators, it is weighed on-site to determine the total catch quantity and passed to local partners and waste management authorities for processing." Caption to the first photo in TFA.
- sidewndr46 3y agoSure, I saw that as well. But based on the data in this post, the local trash disposal method is to just dump it in the river.
- dredmorbius 3y agoOne would hope that specifically-contracted partners and authorities wouldn't be engaged in such activities, though Ocean Cleanup's site is ... somewhat vague on this point. Might make for a useful pointed inquiry, as such gaps and loopholes are a stubbornly pervasive aspect of similar initiatives.