What do Nike® athletic shoes, i-Pod® music players, Barbie™ dolls, and Gucci™ handbags have in common?
They all make their way to U.S. consumers on cargo ships that arrive at ports. Most cargo is shipped in big metal boxes called containers. Containers are then loaded onto trains or trucks for delivery to their final destination. One container can hold 4,403 DVD players or 267,000 video games or 10,000 pairs of shoes. Ports serve as environmental stewards of our coastal communities. Because ports are naturally located on the coasts and inland waterways, they are the caretakers for the coastal communities. Public ports spend millions of dollars each year developing wetlands sites; creating, restoring or enhancing habitat sites; monitoring water quality projects; and recycling materials like paper, oil, paint, glass and aluminum. Ports have undertaken many hundreds of projects to increase the public’s ability to reach, see and enjoy the water or shoreline. Port environmental projects around the country have included: Port Manatee’s “Seagrass Mitigation and Management Area,” winner of AAPA
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