Tech | April 14, 2010 | 4 comments

Paradise Recycled: Architects Dream of Turning Great Pacific Garbage Patch Into Habitable Island

source: http://www.fastcompany.com/1614864/architects-want-to-build-a-habitable-recycled-plastic-island

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a jumble of plastic trash that spans hundreds of miles northwest of Hawaii, has gotten lots of attention ever since billionaire adventurer and environmentalist David de Rothschild announced his plans to visit the trash mass on the Plastiki, a boat constructed from recycled waste and webs of plastic. Now the Plastiki has launched, and a group of architects from Rotterdam have already come up with another way to draw attention to the plastic gyre: a Hawaii-sized island made entirely out of recycled plastic.
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4 comments // Paradise Recycled: Architects Dream of Turning Great Pacific Garbage Patch Into Habitable Island

  • good_stuff
  • ampersand
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      ampersand  

    • There are some newer plastics now that are relatively benign in decomposition, however the chances that the Great Pacific Trash Gyre is composed entirely of those plastics is zero.
      Perhaps the vast diluting properties of the ocean will address this in some way, but I suspect not, and certainly not successfully.
      I've seen a lifetime of "proposed projects" depicted (some in this forum recently) which are nothing more than purile fantasy drawings driven by ego and the desire for publicity.
      It would be wonderful if this were not one of them, but I'd like to see more (in fact, any) of the research behind the effects of further coalescing and maintaining the plastic trash gyre as a island, habitable or not.

    • 2 years ago
  • bocky10
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      bocky10  
    • ampersand:

      That is a fascinating idea and it would be interesting to see more research to find out if this is plausible based on current technology. If nothing else, creativity breeds more creativity. The more options there are, the more likely one will be a viable solution.

    • 2 years ago
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