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The Plastiki is a 60-foot (18 m) catamaran made out of 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles and other recycled PET plastic and waste products. [2] Michael Pawlyn [3] of Exploration Architecture worked on the concept design with David de Rothschild and helped to shape some of the key ideas.
Below are resources to help you understand the Plastiki and the plastic pollution issues surrounding the project. Please watch, download and share them. Gallery Videos
Plastiki. Sailing on plastic, an adventure to give our oceans a voice. told by David de Rothschild
Plastiki was designed based on “cradle to cradle’ principles and biomimicry. “Cradle to Cradle” is the idea that at the end of life, any product can be turned into something else close to the cycle so that ultimately there is no waste.
In 2010 Plastiki sailed the Pacific to call attention to plastic in our oceans and exemplify possible solutions to the problem. The Plastiki began her adventure after taking inspiration from a report issued by UNEP called ‘Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Deep Waters and High Seas.’
Mar 10, 2009 · Plastiki. Smart Competition. David de Rothschild, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer and founder of Adventure Ecology, will depart in Spring 2009 on a 11,000-mile voyage from San Francisco...
Apr 26, 2011 · De Rothschild's new book, Plastiki: Across the Pacific on Plastic, An Adventure to Save Our Oceans, documents the 8,000-mile journey in all its hare-brained idealism. The six crewmembers lived...
