An improbable ocean voyage to end plastic waste

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By GreenBizJul 22, 2017, 5:00 am195 pts
In 2008, two sailors drifted across the North Pacific to Hawaii on a raft made from 15,000 plastic bottles. Their journey inspired a movement to save the seas.

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