Adventure Ecology founder David de Rothschild has spent the past year or so constructing a 60 foot boat made mostly out of two liter plastic bottles. Following a few false starts in the design stage, the vessel is nearly ready to make its maiden voyage. In August, the "Plastiki" will set sail from San Francisco and cross the Pacific Ocean bound for Sydney, Australia. A total of 12,500 bottles went into the construction of the boat, which will support a crew of nine. We love this project because it combines a pro-active recycling experiment with a willingness to allow technology to devolve a bit.
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