July 27, 2010

Boat of plastic bottles ends 4-month Pacific sail (AP)


Boat of plastic bottles ends 4-month Pacific sail
(AP)

David de Rothschild, front right, skipper of the Plastiki, a boat made out of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, shakes hands with Ian Kiernan, the Founder and Chairman of Clean Up Australia and Clean Up the World, in Sydney, Monday, July 26, 2010. The Plastiki arrives in Sydney four months after it set out from San Francisco on a journey across the Pacific Ocean meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - A sailboat largely constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles has completed a 4-month journey across the Pacific Ocean meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste.

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