Hawaii-sized Recycled Island to be Built from Ocean Garbage Patch
Mother Nature Network 4.1.11
Dutch architect Ramon Knoester has an ambitious design that will turn the 7 billion pounds of plastic trash swirling in the Pacific Ocean into the world's most eco-friendly society. That's right. He wants to create a 100 percent sustainable floating island for interested inhabitants. The island made from collected debris will bob somewhere between San Francisco and Hawaii. And although the idea may seem unthinkable, Koester's firm, WHIM architecture, is already in the process of designing a prototype for the fittingly named "Recycled Island," reports Discovery News.
Check out the project's website for more information about Recycled Island, or learn about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch here.
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