Plastic islands being used to restore African lake

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As the ever-growing giant flotilla of floating refuse known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch will show us, we shouldn't be putting plastic waste in our waterways. A new project, however, is aimed at helping the environment by doing so ... in a roundabout way of speaking. The participants plan on taking several artificial floating islands made from post-consumer plastic, planting papyrus on them, and then using them to help rebuild the ecosystem of Africa’s Lake Naivasha... Continue Reading Plastic islands being used to restore African lake

Section: ecoGizmo

Tags: Ecosystem, Environment, Floating, Plastic, Plastic waste, University of Leicester

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