Comments on: Garbage Trucks to Troll the High Seas for Plastic Debris

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:56:10 +0000

Any more information on this issue would be greatly appreciated. I, for one, would love to support or work for a company who would push this effort in cleaning up plastic debris in ours oceans. Thank you.

By: GERALDO A. LOBATO FRANCO

GERALDO A. LOBATO FRANCO — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:03:56 +0000

Hi SK!
when I arived in Santa Barbara in mid-early 60′s, there was someone who rigged a Higgins Boat (those flat-bottom pieces of Normandy invasion) with a set of collecting shears, and was commonly seen in local waters clipping agar-agar rich sea weed, which, I was told, was sold to LA chemists.
The idea is to have similar boats collecting ocean garbage; as it is too far from land, they will take it to mother-ships, which then would receive the shit load, so to speak, and bring it to land to be treated and properly disposed of.
I have not made any cost calculations but, for sure, this is not a cheap operation, however, do we want our seas clean or not?
Look at Rio de Janeiro’s Bay of Guanabara: it is taking over twenty years to have it cleaned and so far very little accomplished to this day when the whole town will be hosting Olympics only seven years from now…
When young I used to look at the Bay’s entrance and ask my mother what were those dark things jumping there, to what she answered me: Flat Head Dolphins, locally known as Boto. I can tell you for a fact, there are very few Botos living there now…
Just imagine amidst the Pacific Ocean and in other areas where it is known that garbage reigns, just imagine…
Good luck in your wishful efforts.
Geraldo
*(writing from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
PS if you read this, send me some feedback, plz.

By: Cheap Trucks for Sale

Cheap Trucks for Sale — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:50:05 +0000

Hi. Thank you for this post, I’m glad to see someone writing about this topic. Truck like boat? Great! It really help our environment to maintain the cleanliness of it. Great post! Excellent discussion on this article. Thank you to your post. Goodbye. Have a nice day.

By: pdjmoo

pdjmoo — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:36:36 +0000

I think the fishing boats who make a profit off our ocean bounty should pick up garbage on their return for free as a community service.