30,000 flipflops and more...

In 2016, we set out to construct the world's first recycled plastic dhow using traditional constructions methods as a way to kickstart a #plasticrevolution. The boat made entirely from several tonnes of recycled plastic was then covered with approximately 30,000 discarded flipflops picked from the beaches of Kenya and will be launched for her first sea trials on September 15th 2018...this is Africa's "blue planet" moment...

(Video by Abdallah Barghash)