Around six billion tonnes of sand is dredged from the world's oceans every year, a new report says.

Around six billion tonnes of sand is dredged from the world’s oceans every year, a new report says.

  • blazera@kbin.social
    32·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • Addition@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      19·
      1 year 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.