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 ...

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 ...

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 Adventure ...

A team of adventurous environmentalists are preparing to set sail for Sydney in a catamaran made entirely of reclaimed plastic bottles. They want to highlight the scale of plastic pollution in the ...

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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 ...

A strange looking vessel took a leisurely sail on San Francisco Bay on Wednesday - a shakedown voyage for a plastic, fantastic adventure that should finally start next month. The boat is the ...

BUNDABERG, AUSTRALIA (Aug. 26, 3:45 p.m. ET) — An Australian manufacturer of high density polyethylene recreational boats has exclusive rights to a new PE resin that it says reduces the boats' weight ...

Joey Chestnut on Friday regained his longtime title of champion in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating contest at New York City's Coney Island after he was banned from the competition last year.