Scotch & Soda and Plastic Whale Launch Plastic Fishing Boat Made From Recycled Bottles From the Amsterdam Canals
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Thursday, June 3, 2021
Made from recycled plastic waste collected from the city's main canals, the boat is named 'The Free Spirit of Amsterdam'.
Key Points:
- 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.