Sargassum plant set to open in Cancun

[Tanuki]

https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/sargasso-plant-set-to-open-in-cancun-in-2019/2019.html

"Cancun, Q.R. — A sargassum treatment plant is set to open in Cancun this year. The company, Dianco Mexico, already has one plant in Mexico City and plans to open several more along sargasso-infested regions of the Caribbean, starting with Cancun.

During a press conference, Dianco Mexico CEO Héctor Romero Morales said “There is already a solution, to take advantage of all the sargassum that invades the coasts of Quintana Roo and the Caribbean islands. In addition, there is now a place to deposit all the collected sargassum, to take full advantage of it in an ecological way and without waste.”

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"All the sargassum, the stuff that accumulates on the coasts, is used to do three things: cellulose, organic fertilizer and biodegradable plastic (bioplastic). We are a Mexican company made up of entrepreneurs, environmentalists and scientists who have been working on this for close to five years,” he explained.

He says that the company will help alleviate the government and hotel expense of sargassum harvesting and provide a positive use for the seaweed by turning it into things like organic fertilizers. “In 35 minutes, we can process the sargasso that arrives on a truck into the final product to produce organic fertilizer.

“This organic fertilizer will be equal to, or much cheaper than chemical fertilizers, and with greater benefits adding that 10 percent of the sargassum is turned into cellulose.”

[Ilsa]

1. There isn't enough sargassum on

the barrier islands of Texas to do this? Especially deep south Texas' Barrier islands?

[RussBLib]

7. No sargassum this year, so far

On South Padre Island. Last year it was pretty thick, and stinky.

[malaise]

2. Great news

Rec

[certainot]

3. bueno!

[mopinko]

4. wonder if this can replace peat moss.

have used many a bale of that over the years, but cant justify using it now.

[Tanuki]

5. The sargassum solution feels like a win-win. It removes a noxious invasive,

provides some useful, environmentally-friendly consumer products, and creates jobs!

[pecosbob]

6. I stopped going to my favorite beach in Freeport because of the stuff.

You could smell it five hundred yards from the beach.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Reminder -- sargassum produces H2S (hydrogen sulfide gas) which is not only stinky, but toxic.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jogger-dies-after-being-overcome-9610916

https://phys.org/news/2009-08-horse-dies-france-reality-toxic.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/sargassum-seaweed-invasion-killing-wildlife-2018-9

Human noses become desensitized to the smell after a while, increasing the risk of receiving a lethal dose. If you smell rotten eggs, put some distance between yourself and the source, pronto.