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Plastiki, a ship of plastic bottles, hopes to send eco-message

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on June 26, 2009 at 6:17 am

From the Fresno Bee:

You’ve heard of a ship in a bottle. How about a ship made of plastic bottles? That would be the Plastiki, designed to sail the Pacific on an 11,000-mile voyage highlighting the dangers of living in a throwaway world.

“Waste is fundamentally a design flaw. We wanted to design a vessel that would epitomize waste being used as a resource,” said expedition leader David de Rothschild.

The boat is named in honor of the 1947 Kon-Tiki raft sailed across the Pacific by explorer Thor Heyerdahl, an ocean adventure that inspired de Rothschild.

There’s a bit more of a tie-in. One of the Plastiki team members is Josian Heyerdahl, the explorer’s granddaughter. An environmental scientist who works on business sustainability issues, Heyerdahl, 25, became part of the project after reading about it and introducing herself to de Rothschild.

The plan is to sail all the way to Australia. Find out more from the Fresno Bee by clicking here.

June 26, 2009 · Filed Under Pacific Ocean Garbage Dump

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