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 ...

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, said ...

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 ...

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It’s been several months since we brought you news of the Plastiki, a boat made of 12,500 plastic bottles, so we figured it was time for an update. When we left the Plastiki expedition last, David de ...

SYDNEY — A sailboat largely constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles docked in Sydney Harbour on Monday, after four difficult months crossing the Pacific Ocean on a journey meant to raise ...

Eco Brixs Uganda, a Masaka-based plastic recycling organization has unveiled a boat made from plastic waste. According to Rev Fr James Ssendege, one of the co-founders of Eco Brixs Uganda, the new ...

Sydney: A sailboat largely constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles was docked in Sydney Harbour on Monday, after four difficult months crossing the Pacific Ocean on a journey meant to raise ...

Team members from the Washington Open Object Fabricators (WOOF) group with their 3D-printed boat last year. Just last month we reported on University of Washington engineering students building ...

Both recreational skiers and elite ski racers can forget about wax and scrape their skis with a steel tool instead. "Putting wax on modern skis is just as wrong as tarring a plastic boat," says one ...

HOQUIAM — A 21-year-old Hoquiam man who decided to go sledding in the city cemetery learned two lessons: an 8-foot plastic boat is not a good sled, but it works fine as a stretcher. Police Chief Jeff ...