Recently a boat set sale for the first time. But this isn't just any old boat, it's named the Plastiki because it is made out of 12,000 recycled gas filled plastic bottles. It's started it's journey and is making it's way from California, USA to Sydney, Australia. That's about an 11,000 mile journey.
The big boss behind it all is David de Rothschild, adventurer, activist and founder of Adventure Ecology who says that it he's doing it because waste is a huge problem on earth removed from the consciousness of too many people. His goal is to raise public awareness about waste and we need to start rethinking waste as a resource. It's taken over 3 years for David and his crew to bring the Plastiki to life.
The features of the Plastiki also help separate it from the average sailing boat. It has one long cabin made out of repurposed plastic containing all the must-haves for a sea voyage. That has never been tried out at sea, but then again not much on this boat has been; for example the boat is solar AND wind powered and to top that off it has a little pedals that you can push like a bike to power the boat. Expedition Plastiki will hopefully change the way people think about the waste we produce.
