Plastic Vessel Makes Trans-Pacific Voyage to Raise Awareness about Ocean Pollution
Published: 27 July 2010
Category: Packaging CONCERNS, Recycling, Sustainability
Earth911.com reports a vessel, called the Plastiki, made from 12,500 reclaimed plastic soda bottles has reached Sydney after its 11,000 nautical mile trans-Pacific voyage to raise awareness about the health of oceans, heavily polluted by plastic debris and at risk from over-fishing, and to showcase waste as a resource and demonstrate real world solutions through design and construction. The boat has crossed through the North Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating trash pile estimated to be twice the size of Texas.