HAWAII 2.0

APRIL 20th, 2010

There is plenty of waste plastic floating about in the ocean. In fact, according to the proponents of a new recycled island, the largest concentration of plastic in the ocean has a footprint the size of Spain and France combined. The crazy dreamers over at Rotterdam WHIM Architecture are currently researching a project that would take some of this waste plastic and use it to create a habitable floating island.

The planned island would be 10,000 km2, roughly the size of Hawaii. The three main aims of the project are: The cleaning of a gigantic amount of plastic waste from the ocean, the creation of new land and the creation of a sustainable habitat. Whilst it remains to be seen if this project can be realised, the idea is a fantastic one, and if nothing else helps to draw our attention to the significant amount of plastic pollution in the ocean.

Source: fastcompany.com

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