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(HMS) Plastiki

"... on course in every sense."

Explorer, environmentalist, and British celebrity David de Rothschild is currently crossing the Pacific Ocean (11,000-mile) in a boat made literally of plastic bottles.

Rothschild's  60-foot (18-meter) catamaran, aptly named Plastiki, was created from a special composite of recycled plastic.  Its fiberglass-like frame, made buoyant by the addition of 12,000 two-liter plastic bottles along the hulls, is tasked with making the trip from San Francisco to Sydney as part of a journey to explore and pinpoint the level of plastic litter in the ocean— the most common type of pollution to the wolds water.

The fundamental aim of the expedition is to highlight how materials can be re-used and the imagination Rothschild has applied in doing so is truly commendable.  Have a look at how this story took shape over the last 18 months below.

And comedian Mr Robin Williams seemed to like his trip aboard just before departure.  Check out his thoughts on Queen and Albinos here.

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By Juan on 25/5/10