Plastic Fantastic: Follow the Expedition of Plastiki
June 1, 2009 by simonturner
Filed under Global
David de Rothschild plans to sail 12,000 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney in a boat made entirely out of plastic bottles and recycled waste products.
The Plastiki Expedition has brought together a group of intelligent guys and girls to design the boat, which will be made of 12,500 2-liter plastic bottles collected by Waste Management.
Weighing in at 9 tons, the Plastiki will have a crew of six, a composting toilet, onboard renewable energy and a garden.
And if this doesn’t sound astonishing enough, the team haven’t built a boat before either!
Follow their adventure HERE
We wish them fair winds!
Simon Turner