An artificial island built from 120,000 used plastic bottles

Xinhua reported on October 16 that a British man built a beautiful and well-equipped artificial island in the Caribbean Sea with 120,000 waste plastic bottles to advocate the environmental protection concept of "turning waste into treasure".

British "Daily Mail" reported on the 13th, the British man Richard · Sauvo's "Spiral Island 2" is located off the coast of Mujeres Island near the Mexican tourist city of Cancun. The island has a house, two ponds, loungers, barbecue stations, trees, flowers and even a solar-powered "waterfall."

Sauvo said he collected 120,000 waste plastic bottles from a local scrap station, put them into woven bags, and float on the water to become the "foundation." Sauver says the plastic bottles fit well with their surroundings, such as the coral reefs that surround the island. Today, Sauvo boats daily between the island and the coast, receiving tourists from all over the world. This is the second artificial island Sauvo has built. In 1998, he used 250,000 plastic bottles to build an artificial island near Puerto Aventuras, Mexico, but it was destroyed by Hurricane Emily in 2005.