Honduras Looks for Ways to Put Bay Islands Sargassum to Use

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 20, 2026 · Originally reported August 20, 2026 by Diario Roatán

Twenty-six government and international agencies met to devise strategies for managing sargassum washing up on the Bay Islands' coasts, weighing uses such as fertilizer and biofuel, as Roatán faces cleanup costs of roughly L1 million every 15 days and Germany and Portugal offer up to €20 million in support.

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