Comments on: Recycled Island will be created from plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:59:59 +0000

It’s about time we started figuring out what to do with all that trash in the middle of the oceans.

By: Hybride

Hybride — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:58:50 +0000

This sounds like a great idea, I hope an island like this comes to pass.

By: Dbrossard

Dbrossard — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:10:17 +0000

What about fresh water?

By: bobmark

bobmark — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:31:54 +0000

Most of the ocean plastic is in tiny fragments, not recognizable products.

By: Mike Perry

Mike Perry — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:58:27 +0000

However processed, plastic isn’t sand and rock. The first typhoon that comes along with blast this island back into the Pacific, where it will rejoin the dump, perhaps in even worse condition for the environment. Hauling it back to the mainland and reusing it in some way makes far more sense.

By: Peter Butzloff, Ph.D.

Peter Butzloff, Ph.D. — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:51:09 +0000

GraphicPak Corporation has patented a catalyst to turn lower grade plastic waste into compost using saltwater and exposure to sunlight. As well, we have a lightweight polymer nano-composite alternative to concrete with promising fatigue properties that could be tested in the real-world context of your project. Please contact your president and business development manager. While I do not speak Dutch, I do speak German fluently and wild not mind flying out to the Netherlands to vist. – Dr. Pete email Peter@graphicpak.com, also http://www.graphicpak.com (see Degradurol TM presentation).

By: Mark W

Mark W — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:52:51 +0000

I’m pretty confounded by this concept. Water studies from around the world have found that water based mammals are getting breast cancer due to Bisphenol A and other chemicals leaching into the water because of the huge amount of plastics in the ocean.

We’re all ok going green, but how about going healthy?

This sounds like a really dumb idea and sure looks like we’re already heading down the same route as the Humans in the movie Wall-E. Let’s overpollute the land… Ooops… ran out of space… lets fill up the ocean’s abysses with the trash… ooops… killed off all our food sources… lets figure something else out.

Humans… it’s always about greed, any way you look at it.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:25:18 +0000

How ridiculous. Where does the fresh water come from? Who wants to live on an island that is constantly surrounded by more trash flowing to it? Sheesh.

By: yeahright

yeahright — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:52:34 +0000

And the sun will shine from my ass.

By: Joan Peters

Joan Peters — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:36:43 +0000

Yeah, I’d buy a condo there.