Talk a load of Rubbish or sort a load of Rubbish, which one are you?

Over 6 Continents, 150+ Countries and 1386 estuaries, oh - and every ocean !

Now we can either just talk about it, have summits about it, Laws & Legislations around it, 'plastic initiatives', meetings and 'self pats on the back' for changing ways, but there is still an awful lot of rubbish scattered across the plant that is 'leaking' its way into the oceans via estuaries, agreed?

As you are reading this over 8,000,000 tons a year, (154,000 tons a week, 22,000 tons a day, 915 tons a hour, 15 TONS A MINUTE) !

#DFC have a new $2.5Billion dollar pledge to do something about it, but what do we do? Actually it is simple = Stop any more waste entering and go and pick up what is out there?

Set aside what 157 Member States signed up to back in 1982 when ratifying the Laws of the Sea Convention, because if they were serious when signing and actually DID what they agreed to do, then the oceans would NOT be in the mess they are today ! So NOW (nearly 40 years later I must add) a global coalition will correct things, put right 'their' errors, tidy up the mess left behind from decades of corporate system abuse and packaging 'advantages' through the use of plastic and Save the planet ! you in? because if you are NOT part of the solution then you are part of our problems.......

Marine life is paramount, plant life, wildlife, birdlife and even insect life ! everything plays a part in nature and the balance has took longer than humans have been here to evolve, so estuaries MUST be respected. Everything in them has a part to play (except rubbish) if you look at man's interference (The Chinese FOUR pest Campaign as an example) when you mess with this balance of nature, millions could die ! don't believe me? follow the link; 45 Million died in just 3 years The point being, before we just send in the automated conveyors of death (Boyan of the Ocean Clean Up ) #tocu scooping up just about everything, as well as waste, a full impact study has to be taken out on each and every estuary. I welcome the Ocean Clean Up to join us, but we are NOT wasting over ￡1M on one machine, for just one river...... Back to the impact study.

A detailed picture of the whole estuary, including, but NOT limited to; widths, depths, flow rates, seasonal variations. Water & Sediment sampling, waste type collections and analysis. Photographic & video footage along with drone footage that gets converted to data. This will be combined with the plant life, surrounding wildlife, marine life, birdlife and insect life. Detailed , cataloged and recorded. Using scientific equipment provide by #in-situ we can take initial readings and ongoing readings and data that could also act as an early warning system for any climate change effects. Each estuary will be 'bedmapped' with #Kongsberg multibeam equipment, which helps #seabed2030 build up their global mapping project.

Once all the data is captured, professionals such as; #DCSekhar from AlphaMERS will assist with directional flow patents and recommended installation points, Their PROVEN AlpaMERS system, just works ! Whilst TEAA look after estuary mouth regions, a full push 'up stream' (to coin a phrase) will also reduce the traveling time & distance, where research show the waste starts sinking.......

So now we know how and where, it just the when.....

Section 5 Laws of the Sea Convention States;

INTERNATIONAL RULES AND NATIONAL LEGISLATION TO PREVENT, REDUCE AND CONTROL POLLUTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Article 207 Pollution from land-based sources

1. States shall adopt laws and regulations to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment from land-based sources, including rivers, estuaries, pipelines and outfall structures, taking into account internationally agreed rules, standards and recommended practices and procedures. 2. States shall take other measures as may be necessary to prevent, reduce and control such pollution.

They never ! (this isn't a 'witch hunt' we just now need to get it done. agreed?

Now after the impact study, whilst TEAA install the catchment systems on estuaries globally (achievable with in four years I must add) Preparations and orders are placed for delivery of the extraction vessels. A purposely designed landing craft (which I will tell you why later) so locally employed operatives can visit the catchment barriers and extract JUST the waste. #OCU any seeds, lavey, spawn and even small creatures will be placed back into the estuary, hopefully with 'very little to none' inconvenience caused - this is why you MUST have human interaction at the extraction stage, things that belong in the river MUST STAY IN THE RIVER !

Now we have a whole lot of rubbish to sort and separate, but with bespoke equipment supplied by Baughen Recycling this is a semi automated system, but again employing and training locals (bringing employment & training to some desperate areas) ensuring that the correct items are identified for processing; 'green waste' wood, foliage, paper, even cardboard, through briquette processing with equipment from #cfnielson provides a local source of clean fuel to use, bringing heat, light and power to poor areas. (look what was achieved in Ghana) funded by #NEFCO whilst some of the plastic waste can be granulated other plastic through a process called pyrolysis can produce Gas & Oil. Companies such as the Beston Group offer various sizes and usages (depending on flow rates and waste types).

So after we have established where it is safe to install catchment barriers (with minimal or no risk to marine, bird, wildlife, insect or plant life) TEA provide the extraction vessel with trained staff for sorting & processing. TEAA have then stopped, or at least significantly reduced, river estuary waste entering the oceans Globally........

Back to that landing craft; TEAA will also supply heavy equipment to each country. A loading shovel, a dumper truck and an excavator #JCB #Doosan #caterpiler either in times of emergency or just routine TEAA can land heavy equipment directly on to beaches to assist with beach clean up operations. Organisation such as The Big Blue Clean Up can then plan beach clean up operations around TEAA's extraction routes. Whilst it took over 2 years to clean a beach in India ( and I must say well done) !! with the above mentioned equipment, it could have been done in weeks.........

So, Impact study, barrier installations, extraction vessel, equipment & processing machinery supply, staff trained and employed - Globally 4 years, ￡300M (￡2M of each of the Member State signatories) or it's Section 1 Part XII General Provisions and millions wasted !

TEAA are working on the UK plan, We have our 'Med Opps' (assisting 19 of the 21 Member States) Our West Africa plan is working with 15 of the Countries on the HIPC list and we are calculating the Bay Of Bengal deployment. The Baltic Sea initial survey, whilst advancing the Ocean waste gyre solution........

Oh, The Oceans !

OK, here is the Rub...

Mother Nature' has kindly, seperated the heavy waste from light waste by blowinging it across continents & countries, she has washed down streams & rivers, transported it via tidal flows out to large waste gyres where she currently stores it for FREE (admittedly she now and again 'spits it' back out at us on beaches across the globe, as a small reminder to do something)...

Well here is that something.

DO NOT waste time and money searching, extracting, loading, transporting back to land, off loading, transporting again to a facility to store it again, prior to processing, this costs an absolute fortune.......

Just about everywhere on the planet has a refuse service so isn't it NOW time the oceans had one?

A converted bulk storage vessel has a cost of about ￡5M each, with the installation of all the above mentioned equipment we could extract the waste, and whilst at sea; sort, separate, process and store the waste as product. Again, 'green waste' into biomass briquettes, granulated plastic has a resale value, as does Oil & Gas through pyrolysis. It does take a 40 man team working 24 hours a day 7 days a week (on shifts) but working at a profit of ￡2500 per hour after costs, make this a very viable solution. NO new technology here, tried & tested methods with figures calculated on current land based operations, only this time no storage, transport and raw material/stock purchases A freely stored feed sock for existing technology, but without the land operation expenses. 2000 tons per week, extracted and processed, per vessel....

We need a minimum 10 operational vessels @￡5M each (but you do get 10,000 tons per week extracted from the oceans)? Each vessel has a research lab and 'Medlab' for the possible treatment study and protection of the marine environment.

Last, but not least the 'ghost net' issue.

TEAA have a plan to give away FREE GPS Tags for fellow ocean users to attach to fishing gear they may come across, (but cannot extract). Fishermen, sailors, surfers, divers, recreational ocean users simple attach and activate the tag so TEAA can monitor the magnitude of the problem and 'track them' for rapid collection & extraction. GPS tags at $3 each +postage What is the 'value' you put on solving this problem ?

With the help of the World's #Oceanconservation groups, Junior Chamber International #jcc #oxfam #DFC #GIF #NEFOC #UNEP #UN and many others, it is actually quite simple.

On a scientific note. Ocean waste gyres ARE hampering cloud formation due to the circumstance needed for cloud 'production' (clear surface water being one) TEAA will hold the largest single database on estuary 'health' clearer rivers & oceans and the ongoing protection of the Marine environment.......

TEAA will bring free heat, light, power 'CLEAN WATER' and employment to some of the most desperate parts of the world

The question is what can you offer ?

Talk Rubbish or sort Rubbish?