TAIPEI (Reuters) - a ship constructed completely of plastic bottles and other materials, including old advertising banners, set sail to Taiwan to raise awareness of the marine environment recycled.
The trimaran, named the "Polli-boat," as a primary flotation system was a series of interlocking plastic bricks made plastic, bottles with reinforced polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the most common plastic in use today.
The seven metres (23 feet) vessel has a pontoon of flotation of 804 plastic bricks which the hexagonal shape allows them to lock together, resist the pressure of sailing. Used advertising banners are the sails.
"The concept of the Polli-vessel uses 100% trash," said Arthur Huang, founder and CEO of Miniwiz Sustainable Energy Development Ltd., made the boat.
"It is being propelled only by renewable resources - it is obvious that the veil, which is using wind.". The other is solar energy with solar panels soft six modules. ?
Each Panel is capable of generating of 72 watts, which powers an electric motor that propels the boat when there was no wind.
The vessel departed on Wednesday, World Ocean day, a ceremony accompanied by a friendly boat creative competition of the environment organised in dock. It will tour around Taiwan for educational purposes.
Sponsored by the National Geographic Channel in Taiwan ten models have been selected among nearly 200 entries to compete for the most innovative boat, built from recycled materials.
A boat was in the form of the endangered Black spatula to promote the protection of wetlands, while the other was designed to look like a floating city to raise awareness of rising waters.
(Statement by Christine Lu, mounting by Elaine found)
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