Inventor builds floating home from 120,000

[Still Waters]

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.

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[Moonie2012]

I like the idea, but I wonder how permanent it is. I would think the pallets would rot out in a couple years.

[Benz]

this is extremely old....i remember this on Ripley's Believe It Or Not back in 2002

[Boundless]

This story has always been an inspiration to me. I am so happy to read he has built another island. Maybe one day my island will float past his and I can wave.

[Mistydawn]

Now that's what I call Recycling!!! I bet he is fun to be around..

[JGirl]

very creative...not sure i would want to live on it tho

[schizoidwoman]

That's wonderful; I want one!

[Mistydawn]

That's wonderful; I want one!

When I win the Lottery tonite Shizy, I'll give you all my recyclable crap!!!