A PET Project for the Louisiana Coastline

摘要

The Task Force report described above emphasized the need to "explore innovative ways to implement restoration," supported by science. A team of nonprofit organizations and corporations, including the America's WETLAND Foundation, the Coastal Conservation Association, Martin Ecosystems, and Shell Oil, are already blending innovation and good science to protect Louisiana's diminishing coastline. An article in the November 7 issue of Waste and Recycling News reports that this team is spearheading an effort to place 187 "floating islands," made of recycled PET plastic bottles, in shallow waters along Isle De Jean Charles, LA. Reporter Vince Bondi, Jr. notes.". that these "islands" are "filled with native plants in an attempt to build an off-shore 'reef of new wetlands." If "all goes according to plan," he writes, "the grasses from the floating islands will take root to the earth below, serving as an anchor. In turn, the islands will trap sediment from the flowing water to form land."