Three words - waste to energy.If anyone on BA is doing research on oceanic
rubbish with findings or knows someone who is, please contact me off board. I
am aware of work that has been done in this regard in the Gulf Of Carpentaria
(our own ocean gyre and source of tremendous amounts of marine rubb ish), Lord
Howe Island and through SOSSA (latter two being involved with plastic
ingestion) but I would be very keen to speak to someone who has re-opened the
topic of whether this rubbish can somehow be harvested and used as fuel for W2E
plants. There are already two W2E plants in the US. One in Hawaii and another
in Alaska where oceanic rubbish is being used as a supplementary source of
fuel. To date, proposals for similar projects have had difficulty 'finding
legs' here in Australia.
Inger Vandyke
Natural History Writer and Photographer
Assistant Publicity Officer - Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association (SOSSA)
Mob: 0402 286 437
www.ingervandyke.com
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> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Dining Out In An Ocean Of Plastic
> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:44:23 +1100
>
> Gooday all
>
> When we were at the Iron Range, Queensland, late last year, the strand
> line on the beautiful Chilli Beach was littered with plastic containers,
> most with Asian writing. It was very disappointing to see in such a
> remote area.
>
> Greg Little
>
>
> Greg Little - Principal Consultant
> General Flora and Fauna
> PO Box 526
> Wallsend, NSW, 2287, Australia
> Ph 02 49 556609
> Fx 02 49 556671
> www.gff.com.au <http://www.gff.com.au/>
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