The 'Plastiki' is on a global mission to beat waste A British adventurer is spreading his own message in a bottle ... made of thousands of plastic soda bottles. David de Rothschild's unusual boat ...

You sail a boat made out of 15,000 plastic bottles from California to Hawaii. Marine scientists Joel Paschal and Marcus Erikson discuss their voyage with host Madeleine Brand. BRAND: Not only ...

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Imagine collecting thousands of empty plastic bottles, lashing them together to make a boat and sailing ... material that is made out of bottles," said de ...

It’s been several months since we brought you news of the Plastiki, a boat made of 12,500 plastic bottles, so we figured it was time for an update. When we left the Plastiki expedition last ...

July 26, 2010— -- A 60-foot catamaran made out of plastic bottles completed a four-month ... and five other crewmembers sailed their boat, the Plastiki, under the famous Harbour Bridge ...

What makes the Plastiki unique is that the boat's twin hulls are made of 12,500 ... of the world's plastic bottles are recycled, he says. The rest end up in landfills or out in the ocean.

After sailing through brutal southern storms and battling numerous technical challenges, the crew of "Plastiki" -- a ship made out of thousands of plastic bottles ... of the boat, Dave Thomson ...

The group of six adventurers set out ... made almost entirely from recycled and/or recyclable plastic that gets the majority of its flotation from approximately 12,500 two-liter plastic bottles.

After floating on plastic for more than ... was to use some of it to build a boat. The Plastiki ... is fully recyclable and gets its power from solar panels and windmills. The boat is almost entirely ...

On February 13, 2025, in Guangxi, China, the video captured a uniquely designed vessel, constructed from numerous mineral water bottles ... event concluded with the boat successfully completing ...

SYDNEY — A boat made out of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles sailed into Sydney Harbour today, four months after it set out from San Francisco on a journey across the Pacific Ocean meant to raise ...