最近,荷兰的一家疏浚集团在经过调查之后,准备耗资8亿美元在海中建造一座人工岛,用以处置来自欧罗波特(Europoort)港的疏浚物。目前,港口疏浚物和废弃物日益增多,已成了北海沿岸各国迫切需要解决的重大环境问题。因为到1995年,将禁止在海上倾倒废弃物。据了解,荷兰是近期第二个用这种方式建造人工岛用以处置废弃物的国家,在此之前,比利时巳制定了一个类似的方案。 Recently, a Dutch dredging group was investigating a $ 800 million plan to build an artificial island in the sea to dispose of dredged material from the port of Europoort. At present, the increasing dredging materials and wastes in the port have become a major environmental issue urgently needed to be resolved in the countries along the coast of the North Sea. Because by 1995, dumping of waste at sea will be banned. It is understood that the Netherlands has recently been the second country that has constructed artificial islands to dispose of waste in this way and a similar program has been developed in Belgium.