Right now, a crew in San Francisco is building a boat from plastic water bottles. Later this year the ship, Plastiki, will sail across the Pacific from California to Australia to bring attention to our impact on the environment.
The expedition, led by environmental adventurer David de Rothschild, will help people rethink trash. The 60-foot catamaran is being built from thousands of reclaimed plastic bottles, which turned out to be more of a challenge than expected and is causing the journey to be delayed. The boat is fully recyclable and it's equipped with solar panels, a solar shower and a compost toilet. The crew hopes that voyage aside, Plastiki's construction encourages new innovations in the industry by finding new ways to use plastic bottles.
Once the ship set sails it will head to the giant swirl of trash in the middle of the Pacific, look at fallout from nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll and watch for effects of climate change. Everything will be documented by the crew who will have laptops on board.
The expedition, led by environmental adventurer David de Rothschild, will help people rethink trash. The 60-foot catamaran is being built from thousands of reclaimed plastic bottles, which turned out to be more of a challenge than expected and is causing the journey to be delayed. The boat is fully recyclable and it's equipped with solar panels, a solar shower and a compost toilet. The crew hopes that voyage aside, Plastiki's construction encourages new innovations in the industry by finding new ways to use plastic bottles.
Once the ship set sails it will head to the giant swirl of trash in the middle of the Pacific, look at fallout from nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll and watch for effects of climate change. Everything will be documented by the crew who will have laptops on board.
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