Plastiki is a given name for a catamaran made-up of 12,000 consumer-used plastic bottles. It has undertaken a 8,000 nautical mile journey from San Francisco to Sydney to draw public attention to the problem of eco-contamination. It is the innovation of British adventurer David de Rothschild, who along with two skippers Jo Royle and Olav Heyerdahl led the 100-days expedition to explore the pollution of the oceans due to plastic littering. David came up with the idea of using plastic bottles to build the Plastiki to show how we can beat waste by reusing it. The route taken by Plastiki includes travelling through the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch, a highly concentrated area of plastic in the deep North Pacific Ocean. Plastiki not only managed to display the ill-effects of plastic non-decomposition but also conveyed its intents to the public to actively stop using plastic and switch over to other bio-degradable items. When we throw things away, there is no "away." All the waste goes somewhere and in the not too distant future "away" will be full. Then what? Plastiki's mission is to educate as many people as possible on how to beat waste and re-think waste as a resource. It was made from reclaimed plastic bottles and recycled waste products. This is the main reason why the catamaran and its journey are getting accolades.