▲ 171 ▼ Sand dredging devastating ocean floor, UN warns (www.bbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments Around six billion tonnes of sand is dredged from the world's oceans every year, a new report says.
[–] nikolai@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Concrete and glass. Oh, and money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blazera@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not the sand part, the ocean part. Weight is usually a major factor in large scale resource industries like this, why on earth would they want wet sand? Plus thats gotta be more expensive property to buy the rights to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Addition@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago* Not all sand is equal. We dredge up ocean sand because the particle shape and composition is excellent for concrete. Other sand isn't as good. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blazera@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not the sand part, the ocean part. Weight is usually a major factor in large scale resource industries like this, why on earth would they want wet sand? Plus thats gotta be more expensive property to buy the rights to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Addition@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago* Not all sand is equal. We dredge up ocean sand because the particle shape and composition is excellent for concrete. Other sand isn't as good. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Addition@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago* Not all sand is equal. We dredge up ocean sand because the particle shape and composition is excellent for concrete. Other sand isn't as good. permalink fedilink source parent