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Plastiki and the Material of the Future: Directed by Vern Moen. With Alec Baldwin. Inspired by the recent discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an unlikely boat is built from 10,000 reclaimed plastic bottles and attempts to sail across the Pacific Ocean in hopes of retelling the forgotten, misconstrued, and foreboding story of plastic ...
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2 days ago · The Plastiki was built from recycled plastic bottles and other sustainable materials, proving that waste can be turned into a resource. This kind of innovation is crucial if we are to address the ...
In documentary “Plastiki,” director Vern Moen wanted to utilize a classic style of animation to explain different aspects of recycling in a way that would educate the audience without putting them to sleep.
Jul 14, 2010 · This was the Plastiki, a vessel made entirely of plastic, including 12,000 recycled bottles, built to showcase the world's garbage problem. It is the brainchild of banking heir and expedition...
The same miracle material that has enabled us to land on the moon, rebuild a human heart, curb epidemics, and alter the course of history, is now showing up in ominous human-fingerprints across the planet: choking our oceans and poisoning our lives.
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The documentary following the story of Plastiki and the state of the world's plastic use was titled Plastiki & the Material of the Future. [7] Although never widely released, it screened at Mountain Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado. [8]
Apr 26, 2011 · De Rothschild's new book, Plastiki: Across the Pacific on Plastic, An Adventure to Save Our Oceans, documents the 8,000-mile journey in all its hare-brained idealism. The six crewmembers lived...
