Kilspy. free day, the environmentalist David De Rothachild was reading some information about all the plastic in the seas and oceans. He couldn't believe what was reading. For example, humans throw away four out of every five plastic bottles they use and plastic rubbish causes about eighty per cent of the pollution in the sea. Soon afterwards, Rothschild decided he wanted to help the fight against pollution in the sea. To create publicity for the problem, he started building a boat made of plastic bottles.
III. As well as building the boat with recycled plastic. It was important for him to make the boat environmentally-friendly and user-friendly. The boat uses renewable energy sources including wind power and solar energy. The crew ike meals with vegetables from the small garden at the back of the boat. They can take a break from work and get some exercise by using the special exercise bicycle. The energy from the bike provides power for the boat's computers. And if anyone needs to take a shower, the boat's shower uses saltwater from the sea.
IV. De Rothschild sailed the Plastici the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney.
That's fifteen thousand three hundred and seventy two nautical kilometres. On the way. De Rothschild
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