Boat Out of Bottles
Here's one guy who certainly isn't a tosser. British environmentalist David de Rothschild has been collecting thousands of plastic bottles to build a boat. De Rothschild is planning an 11,000-mile voyage to Australia on the Plastiki, a vessel built entirely of recycled plastic. He actually needs 12,000 plastic bottles to build the 60 foot catamaran. In Alberta, it would only take him about 17 minutes to collect that many, as 12 beverage containers end up in our landfills every second.
De Rothchild is taking on this adventure in the hopes of raising awareness of plastic bottle recycling. It's a worthy cause and a good example of some of the many uses of recycled bottles. Okay, so not everyone has the time and money to build a boat like this, or sail it to Australia for that matter, but by keeping empty containers out of the garbage, you are helping to make other products, like kayaks, clothing and building materials, not to mention saving space in our landfills.
Read the whole article at the Globe and Mail.