Overview
- Federal environment officials said they are preparing a sargassum circular-economy park in Puerto Morelos to route collected algae into industrial uses.
- The Navy will deploy another sargassum-collection ship to boost offshore capture before the seaweed reaches beaches.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum urged private investment and cited uses such as building materials and biomass power, stressing the algae must be caught at sea to avoid toxic decay on shore.
- Quintana Roo’s hotel sector launched the Caribe Circular effort with more than 150 hotels and 600 restaurants to start, targeting participation from most hotels by 2028.
- Hotel leaders say they spend more than $150 million each year on beach cleanup, which they argue makes offshore capture and reuse a better path.