The Plastiki, a boat with a hull built of 12,500 plastic bottles, was set to sail from a Sausalito yacht harbor this morning on a risky and adventurous voyage across the Pacific. The purpose ...

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Imagine collecting thousands of empty plastic bottles, lashing them together to make a boat and sailing the thing from California to Australia, a journey of ...

What makes the Plastiki unique is that the boat's twin hulls are made of 12,500 plastic bottles that once held soft drinks or spring water. The bottles are filled with dry ice, which of course is ...

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.

Plastic bottles… the new boat material? I built a raft from recycled bottles, strapped on a seat, and set sail (sort of). Let’s just say, balancing was NOT easy! Ukraine Drone Strike Destroys ...

The crew will shove off aboard their plastic bottle boat, traveling from San Francisco on a three-month voyage to Sydney, Australia. That's a 11,000-mile trek across some very treacherous seas ...

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 ...

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

Once you move past the fact that they both float, two-liter plastic bottles and sailboats share little in common. To David de Rothschild, this is good news. To his boat builder, Mike Rose ...

“All the crew members had to be clipped on to every part of the boat so we don’t get washed over the side,” he said. The gyre of bottles, toys, fishing lines and tiny bits of plastic is ...

While the journey will be unpredictable, simply building a plastic bottle boat in the first place has been the greatest challenge. San Francisco, the city by the bay renowned for its summer fogs ...