{"id":11419,"date":"2009-03-10T07:38:27","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T07:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/uncategorized\/boat-made-of-16000-plastic-bottles-to-sail-from-san-francisco-to-sydney.php"},"modified":"2013-01-24T09:49:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T09:49:07","slug":"boat-made-of-16000-plastic-bottles-to-sail-from-san-francisco-to-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/recycle\/boat-made-of-16000-plastic-bottles-to-sail-from-san-francisco-to-sydney.php","title":{"rendered":"Boat made of 16,000 plastic bottles to sail from San Francisco to Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBeing ambitious is a fine quality but that has to be complemented with being smart else the equation fails. At this moment David de Rothschild in the California is preparing to attempt a 11,000 mile journey in a plastic bottle boat. At this moment between 12,000 and 16,000 two liter soda bottles are being collected to fill in the twin hulls of their \u2018Plastiki\u2019 vessel. The name is supposed to be homage to fabled Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl who sailed 4,300 miles across the Pacific on the Kon-Tiki, a raft made from balsa wood in 1947. \u2018Each bottle will be pressurized using dry ice powder that will sublimate into carbon dioxide gas.\u2019 If they get these done on time they will start their adventure in April from San Francisco to Sydney. At the end of the trip these bottles will be recycled.<\/p>\n


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