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Clearwater, Florida--Ron Mowrey says he's got the solution to clean up the oil: dried peat moss roots. His company, which sells the all natural product called Bio-Matrix, has reached out to BP officials with no response. "Being that we're residents in Florida and work in Florida, we really want to protect the environment. We're a little frustrated that BP and the federal government have not recognized some of these products to use, especially as it nears land," said Mowrey. While it seems the solutions have fallen on deaf ears, BP tells 10 Connects it is listening.

Since the beginning of what has now grown to the nation's worst environmental disaster, BP says it has been collecting ideas from the public on how to clean it up or stop it. The list of 36,000 ideas includes Bio-Matrix, and even human hair clippings. Mowrey is not alone in his frustrations. Numerous companies have come forward, upset their ideas are not being utilized by BP.

BP spokesman Graham MacEwan tells 10 Connects a group has been assembled to review all 36,000 ideas and offers. He says that group is trying to working to identify technologies offered up by the public but, at this point, it has not selected one. Responses will be sent to those who have offered ideas, he said.

As of now, MacEwan tells us they are using booms made of synthetic material to absorb the oil. Meanwhile, Mowrey is standing by, waiting to hear from BP.

"We're anxious as Floridians to get this problem solved," said Mowrey.