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Plastiki a message in 12,500 bottles
A catamaran made of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles sailed into Sydney Harbour Monday after a 15,000 kilometre trek across the Pacific Ocean meant to draw attention to plastic pollution.
The Plastiki, held together with sugar cane and cashew glue, is proof that trash can be turned into something useful, expedition leader David de Rothschild said. The six-member crew's journey to Australia, which began in San Francisco in March, was inspired by a United Nations Environment Programme report that highlighted the threat of plastic pollution to the world's oceans.