E57 Sargassum is Bailable!

The Sargassum Podcast

Sigrid Skjelstad has a Masters in materials science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and works as business developer at Orkel AS. During her studies she spent a year at University in Cape Town as an exchange student. Orkel is a developer and manufacturer of agricultural and industrial machinery based in Norway. They recently used their machines to make Sargassum bales.

0:53 The host saying hello to each other.

3:56 Franziska presents the guest.

5:13 The starting question! What is Sargassum for Sigrid?

9:00 What are the benefits of bailing Sargassum?

11:48 Why Sargassum can preserve better in a bale?

13:23 Will this technology come to the Caribbean?

14:59 Testing experiment

17:31 Hidrated Sargassum and bailing?

21:53 Fresh Sargassum is more easy to bale.

23:30 How Sigrid was introduce to Sargassum?

27:07 Description of the baling machines.

30:55 Is there a process before baling?

33:21 And what about the sand that is in the Sargassum, when beached?

34:39 How fresh does the Sargassum have to be so it can be baled?

36:48 Orkel is working with recycled plastic for baling

39:08 Buy a machine or rent it from you?

40:32 Need of local knowledge in the Caribbean.

41:24 Thanking Sigrid.

43:10 Conclusions of the hosts

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