Not all plastics are created equal – and to prove it, a rakish banking heir and a team of young adventurers have built a huge ship out of plastic. Called Plastiki, the 60-foot catamaran's hull is made ...

San Francisco recently saw the unveiling of the Plastiki, a boat constructed of 12,500 2-liter plastic bottles that will be embarking on a 7,500 mile journey to Sydney this spring. Built by Adventure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ismael Essome, an engineer from Cameroon, is reusing plastic bottles to create fishing boats. The African country annually ...

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A clever play on words, Bottles Up is a cute, little plastic bottle boat crafted by the owner and employees of the Rain Tree Lodge – an eco backpacker’s hotel on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji. The ...

When the Manta begins traveling along coastlines in 2024, the new sailboat will pull plastic trash from the water as it moves, capturing as much as three tons of plastic per hour. On board, the ...

A boat made of plastic bottles sails in the Banjir Kanal Timur river in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 27, 2024. Thirty-two boats made of waste plastics and in various shapes took part in a boat parade ...

FAIRBANKS - If aluminum boats are like pickup trucks, the DragonFly mini jet boat is a sport utility vehicle. Black, made of plastic and weighing about the same as an aluminum boat, the DragonFly is ...

In January, the Flipflopi, a boat built of recycled plastic, set sail on a 500-kilometer (310-mile) voyage along the East African coast. The purpose? To raise awareness about ocean pollution and call ...