Scotch & Soda and Plastic Whale Launch Plastic Fishing Boat Made From Recycled Bottles From the Amsterdam Canals
Made from recycled plastic waste collected from the city's main canals, the boat is named 'The Free Spirit of Amsterdam'.
- Made from recycled plastic waste collected from the city's main canals, the boat is named 'The Free Spirit of Amsterdam'.
- Plastic Whale makes it its mission to collect plastic from the water during plastic fishing trips together with companies, schools and individuals.
- In 2019, they collected around 50,000 plastic bottles from the three main canals of Amsterdam: Herengracht, Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht.
- Plastic Whale owns a fleet of boats made from the PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles that they've collected from the canals.