Eco-Voyagers take to the high seas

The Plastiki is a 60-foot catamaran made from 12,500 reclaimed bottles and fully recycled plastic. The Plastiki concept was birthed nearly three years ago following the UNEP report 'Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Deep Waters and High Seas'. The report highlights the way fisheries, pollution and other stresses such as those arising from global climate change are impacting and affecting the marine world.

Led by David de Rothschild, UNEP Climate Hero and British adventurer and environmentalist, the Plastiki set to sail from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia on 20 March. Plastiki's mission is to beat waste by drawing attention to the large amounts of plastic debris in the world's oceans and to help re-think how waste can serve as a resource leading to real world solutions.

On a journey that will last up to 100 days the crew will sail through a number of environmental hotspots such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - the world's largest landfill located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The team wi l l also bat t le wi th the elements of the Pacific, the challenges of a one of a kind boat and witness some of the most devastating waste accumulation on our planet.

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