Would You Ride on a Plastic Bottle Boat?
Four men build a pedal boat out of plastic bottles and sail it down a European river, to draw attention to plastic pollution.
Jakub Bures, Jan Kara, Jan Brand and Jan Holan pedal their boat, made with plastic bottles, on the Elbe river in Nymburk July 12, 2014. ?Jan Kara, a 22-year-old student, and Jakub Bures, a 22-year-old car mechanic, built the 10-metre (32.8-feet) long boat from 5000 plastic bottles strapped to a wooden frame. The four men plan to pedal from their hometown Nymburk down the river Elbe to Hamburg in Germany to draw attention to an increasing plastic pollution in Europe, they said.?Picture taken July 12, 2014. REUTERS/Rene Volfik (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A safety ring is seen on a boat, made with plastic bottles, in Nymburk July 12, 2014.Picture taken July 12, 2014. REUTERS/Rene Volfik (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TRANSPORT)
(L-R) Jan Holan, Jakub Bures and Jan Kara attach plastic garden chairs to a wooden frame as they build a boat in their yard in Nymburk July 1, 2014. REUTERS/David W Cerny (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)