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The DIY eco-island: British inventor builds floating home from 120,000 plastic bottles
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:58 PM on 13th October 2010
A British man has created an island home in the Caribbean - with 120,000 plastic bottles.
Richard 'Rishi' Sowar used the rubbish that would otherwise have been buried in landfill make Spiral Island II in a lagoon off Mexico's Caribbean coast.
Filling fabric bags with the discarded bottles and then attaching them to pallets, the environmentalist's island has a house, beaches, two ponds and even a solar-powered waterfall.
Take one soft drinks bottle ..: Richard 'Rishi' Sowar, pictured here holding a cat, with some of the bottles he used to build his Caribbean island
The environmentalist's island has a house, two ponds and even a solar-powered waterfall
Situated in Isla Mujeres near the tourist resort of Cancun, it appears Rishi has created his very own piece of paradise.
He said: 'I'm not a scientist but I just believe in the power of nature.
'I get my bottles to do this from the local rubbish tip.
'We have a big problem with rubbish. If we start to make more bottle islands we don't have to look for places to put it (the bottles). It turns to treasure - it creates land.'
Rishi said the bottles, though man-made, easily fit in with their surroundings with coral taking root on the undersides of his home as he continues to expand.
Sunny side up: Solar panels are also used on the island which is made up of 120,000 plastic bottles
The island is the second built by Rishi - in 1998 he created a much larger one using 250,000 bottles off Puerto Aventura, Mexico, but it was destroyed by Hurricane Emily
He uses a boat to get to the shore and receives visitors from around the world keen to help with his ambitious project.
The island is the second built by Rishi - in 1998 he created a much larger one using 250,000 bottles off Puerto Aventura, Mexico.
However, disaster struck in 2005 when it was destroyed by Hurricane Emily.
Spiral Island II has been built in a location where it should be protected from the extremes of nature.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1320180/British-inventor-builds-floating-home-120-000-plastic-bottles.html#ixzz12M1Steo5
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1 comments:
Best idea ever. It was great to visit with him and see forst hand what amazing work he has done.
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