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Lost Bale of Plastic Waste Recovered
by Ethan Andrews The recovered bale (Courtesy of Sprague Operating Resources) A sonar image of the bale on the bay floor (Courtesy of Sprague Operating Resources) The location where the bale was found, about 1,000 feet east of the dock at Mack Point in Searsport. Sears Island is visible at right. (Courtesy of Sprague Operating Resources) Bales of solid recovered fuel are unloaded in Searsport on November 29, three days before the spill (Photo: Ethan Andrews) A chunk of compressed plastic waste on the beach at Sears Island on December 8. In the background, Bob Brennan of Stockton Springs, who discovered and reported the spill, pictured with his dog, Jack (Photo: Ethan Andrews)
Trash from Northern Ireland will continue to wash up on our shores for weeks
After bales of shredded plastic were dumped into the Penobscot Bay Mainers are asking, why are we taking out-of-state trash? Author: Sam Rogers (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 7:42 PM EST December 16, 2020 Updated: 7:42 PM EST December 16, 2020
SEARSPORT, Maine When you visit Sears Island, you expect to explore walking trails and beaches, not stumble upon trash. But that s exactly what island-goers saw on the shoreline last week.
“I saw a picture that someone had posted, and I was like wow, that is horrifying, Sally Brophy said.
Brophy is part of the Upstream Watch advocacy group that fights to preserve and protect rivers in the mid-coast. Brophy and members of the group spent days picking up trash after an off-loading accident dumped two bales of shredded plastic into the water.
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Maltese cargo ship bound for PERC dumps plastic in Penobscot BayCommunity rallies around cleanup effort
By Fran Gonzalez | Dec 15, 2020
Photo by: Fran Gonzalez Gary Allen of Bar Harbor picks up bits of plastic from the shores of Sears Island Dec. 10. He played music from his portable sound system to make the work fun.
Searsport An unknown amount of plastic debris from a Maltese cargo ship spilled into Penobscot Bay in late November, and shreds of the loose material have been washing ashore on Sears Island this week.
Approximately 10,000 metric tons of a plastic mixture arrived from Northern Ireland aboard the Malta-registered 447-foot cargo ship MV