# Recycled Pop Bottle Boats This Buoyant Creation is Made From 600 Plastic Bottles By Jessica Marren | Published 2013-05-07 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pop-bottle-boat References: [boredpanda.org](http://www.boredpanda.org/plastic-bottle-boat-tom-davies/) This pop bottle boat was created by Tom Davies and he used 600 plastic bottles to make this raft completely functional and buoyant. This pop bottle boat can hold three grown men without a problem. It is five meters long and 2 meters wide. Tom took the time to glue 600 bottles together in order to bring this boat to existence. The best part about this boat is how Tom come up with the idea. He was growing tired of seeing all the plastic bottles littering the roadside and shores, so he decided to make a raft using the rubbish instead of using bamboo. Tom is hopeful that others will follow his lead and use empty bottles to make rafts because they last for much longer. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.4/10 - Popularity: 91% | Activity: 93% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Recycled Boats:** The trend of using recycled materials to create functional boats presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the marine industry. - **Eco-friendly Transportation:** The trend of creating modes of transportation from post-consumer waste presents a disruptivel innovation opportunity in the automotive and aerospace industries. - **Upcycling:** The trend of upcycling waste materials to create functional products presents disruptive innovation opportunities in various industries including fashion, furniture, and home decor. ### Who This Affects Most - **Marine Industry:** Recycling materials to create boats presents an opportunity for sustainable and environmentally-friendly production of maritime vessels. - **Automotive Industry:** The use of recycled materials in creating transportation modes like boats could be a potential solution to the environmental challenges faced in the automotive industry. - **Aerospace Industry:** Creating eco-friendly modes of transportation presents an opportunity for aerospace manufacturers to create sustainable and energy-efficient aircraft while reducing their environmental footprint. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Plastic Bottle Lifejackets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bot-lifejacket.md) - [Recycled Plastic Tiny Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/recycled-plastic-tiny-home.md) - [Plastic Bottle-Made Christmas Trees](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/caroline-chaptini.md) - [Recycled Plastic Floating Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mast.md) - [Plastic Bottle Recycling Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bottle-strip-cutter.md) - [3D-Printed Filament Makers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/polyformer.md) - [Portable Folding Boats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/portable-folding-boat.md) - [Solar-Powered Electric Boats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/solarpowered-electric-boat.md) - [Chic Recycled Waste Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/xox-chair.md)