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**nofurylike** · 04-20-2011, 03:30 AM

http://www.recycledisland.com/index.html

Recycled island is a research project on the potential of realizing a habitable floating island in the Pacific Ocean made from all the plastic waste that is momentarily floating around in the ocean.

The proposal has three main aims; Cleaning our oceans from a gigantic amount of plastic waste; Creating new land; And constructing a sustainable habitat. Recycled island seeks the possibilities to recycle the plastic waste on the spot and to recycle it into a floating entity. The constructive and marine technical aspects take part in the project of creating a sea worthy island.

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2. The island is habitable, where it will have its value as land capturing and is a potential habitat for a part of the rising amount of climate refugees.

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8. The location is the North Pacific Gyre, where at this moment the biggest concentration of plastic waste is discovered. This is geographically a beautiful spot North-East to Hawaii. By recycling and constructing directly on the spot with the biggest concentration of plastic waste, long transports are avoided. Because of the floating character the position could eventually be altered.

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not sure what i think of this, but it is fascinating!
Shrug

thoughts?

**Born_A_Truman** · 04-20-2011, 09:11 AM

What an interesting concept!!

**nofurylike** · 04-21-2011, 01:15 AM

(04-20-2011 09:11 AM)Born_A_Truman Wrote:

What an interesting concept!!

isn't it?
i hope it can work! something needs to be done with that trash. and they are saying they could do it right there, where the trash is.

thank you, Pat!

**jaxx** · 04-20-2011, 09:36 AM

What an awesome idea. The only downside for me personally would be that it floats around unanchored....unless I read it wrong. Big winds come along and blow it some place else. :-)

But what a way to use the garbage thrown into the oceans.

**nofurylike** · 04-21-2011, 01:27 AM

(04-20-2011 09:36 AM)jaxx Wrote: What an awesome idea. The only downside for me personally would be that it floats around unanchored....unless I read it wrong. Big winds come along and blow it some place else. :-)

But what a way to use the garbage thrown into the oceans.

it really is an awesome idea, isn't it?

i believe they assume it would be held in place by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre that have caused the waste to accumulate where it is.

then, "Because of the floating character the position could eventually be altered."

thank you, jaxx!