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Monday, August 9, 2010

Recycled Boat Sails From San Francisco to Sydney to Raise Awareness About Protecting Oceans

Posted by: Brad Roderick

People around the world are thinking of new, innovative ways of recycling, but David de Rothschild took it one step further. He came up with not only a new way to recycle but also a way to raise awareness of the ecological damage being done to oceans because of a lack of recycling. Rothschild, along with a crew of six set out to sail across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney out of a boat made from recycled, post consumer plastic bottles.

Here is an article from nytimes.com about the successful journey of David de Rothschild, the man who National Geographic named the “Emerging Explorer” and his boat Plastiki.

Voyage Redeems 12,500 Plastic Bottles

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — A 60-foot sailboat built largely from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles docked Monday at Sydney, after four difficult months crossing the Pacific Ocean on a trip meant to raise awareness of the perils of plastic waste.

The crew of the boat, the Plastiki, weathered fierce storms during 8,000 nautical miles at sea after leaving San Francisco on March 20. The expedition’s leader, David de Rothschild, 31, said he was inspired by a 2006 United Nations report that said pollution, particularly plastic waste, threatened the world’s oceans. He wanted to prove that trash could be effectively reused.

The Plastiki, he said, is powered by solar panels and windmills. An organic glue made of sugar cane and cashews holds the bottles together, and the mast is recycled irrigation pipe.

Listen to David de Rothschild talk about his inspiration behind the voyage.

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