During a regular run of lake management tasks, Aquascape’s staff can stumble upon a host of interesting items. These are generally plumbed from the bottom of ponds and lakes during routine maintenance. Most of them are useless trash that is disposed of in a responsible manner; often, the treasures are useful and recyclable. For example, in the fall Aquascape sent two crates of deflated soccer and playground balls to the streets of Tegucigalpa, Honduras- all of them retrieved from the depths of local lakes.
This spring, the bounty seems to be old tires. And rather than burn them or throw them away, AE staff took a truckload of tires to the Cherokee Recycling Center, where they can be chipped into playground covering for local parks. And that seems like a wonderful use for them.
