Recycled Reef Row

A man-made reef constructed from 1,500 used tyres, on the seabed off Newport Beach, California is subject to an ongoing courtroom battle. The pioneering reef is a private experiment to develop seabed agriculture, and the developer plans to extend the experiment, using 1,000 more tyre casings as an anchor for the reef. The California Coastal Commission though is fighting the experiment, saying that it is ineffective, unscientific and environmentally unfriendly, in that it debases a natural environment to create a new, unnatural environment without consideration for the effects of the development.