KNOWLEDGE BASE VACATION IN BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA.
“Repent For Your Plastic Bottle Crimes.”
Having a vacation at the Dungeon jailhouse of Plastic Bottle Village is a conscious experience of a lifetime!
A Knowledge based Vacation, were we educate in a fun and adventurous way.
The current and past generations are all guilty by lack of knowledge for what happened to our planet and oceans regarding the invasion of the single use plastic bottle only forty years ago. We never saw it coming, and now it’s almost too late?
We can live with the crime we committed, or give ourselves up to the positive feeling of erasing some of our carbon footprints. Once you experience the fun and education of sleeping in a mock jail cell made of 10,000 PET bottles, you will be so inspired that you will want to start fresh again but this time working with and not against our planet. The environment is filled with paintings, posters, and videos containing real messages that will change your perspective on what products and packaging you choose to support in your daily lives.
The cost for this repent vacation is $30/day pp, for a private room with double bunk beds, desk, shared bathrooms, kitchen and lounge areas. Guests will enjoy all access to the amazing Castle Inspiration, large private pool, restaurant and bar, and includes a REPENT T-SHIRT.
Every inspired guest will get a certificate celebrating that you have repented, and that from now on you will think about helping Mother Earth and changing your old consumption habits.
Scientists say at the pace we are on, there will be more plastic than fish in all of our oceans by 2050.
For more information or reservation, contact Robert on whatsapp +507-6949-3389 or reserve at robertb@plasticbottlevillage.com
We all remember the big oil spill in 2010 in Gulf of Mexico, caused by the explosion of the oil platform Horizon where unfortunately 14 persons lost their lives.
The platform was owned by British Petroleum.
BP had to pay 60 billion $ for this accidental oil spill.
PET plastic bottles are modified oil. They are the biggest non-accidental oil spill of human time.
How much $ does the bottlers of the World contribute to clean their non-accidental oil spill?
How many Billions are spent to look for a new planet with water and oxygen?
We don't need a new planet, we need to clean our own planet..
Maybe if the bottlers would contribute to a cleaning fund, the funds could be used to start giving incentive to population of emerging Countries, and have them cleaning in exchange of food and cell phone time.
Food for thought.
Nathaniel C. Wyeth
Born October 24, 1911
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, United States
Died July 4, 1990 (aged 78)
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
Occupation inventor, chemical engineer
In 1967, he pondered whether soda could be stored in plastic bottles. After experimenting with a plastic detergent bottle that proved incapable of withstanding the forces of pressurized liquids, he realized that a much stronger material would be required. He settled on polyethylene terephthalate ( PET) as the material and received a patent in 1973.
What a great invention in 1973. Forty years later, if Nathaniel came out of his grave today, and saw the disaster his invention created to our planet, he would probably realize that his invention was more a crime against humanity.
Time needed to drink the content, and how much time for the bottle to self degrade.
That only 30 % would be recycled into polyester clothes, and 70% would be spread in our ocean’s and nature.
That nature would need 500 years + to degrade, and eliminated that bottle.
That human life expectancy is 80 years, some humans can reach 100 years, and his bottles last 500 year +.
That every time someone would consume a drink, he would mortgage the generations to follow, for 500 + years?
That plastic in the oceans can act as a magnifying glass, and contribute to global warming by heating the sea water, and melting the iceberg.
That every time polyester clothes made out of recycled PET bottles would go in our washing machines, that Billions of fibers would be sent in our oceans?
Say NO to single use plastic bottles
If you say YES, than drink it, and build it
Change the world without changing the Earth.
Believe it or not, single-use plastic bottles are actually a fairly recent invention.
In their short lifespan, however, they have made a huge impact on our lives. From their inception in the years after World War II, through the development and invention of new materials, to becoming a worldwide phenomenon and the large problem we are now experiencing.
● More than 1 million plastic bottles are sold per minute
● The production of 1 single-use plastic water bottle uses energy, emits toxins into the air and, amazingly, uses more water to produce that it will hold
● Single-use plastic items account for 40% of all plastic waste
● In 2015, water bottle sales out-paced soft drink sales for the first time (National Geographic)
● The shift from amazing convenience to curse has occurred in just one generation
Plastic and stainless steel were becoming more accessible as World War II came to an end.
The first plastic water bottles began to enter the market, along with stainless steel and glass.
The first McDonalds restaurant opened in California in 1940, but it wasn’t until the late ’40s that ‘throwaway living’ became all the rage. It was seen as modern and glamorous to be able to dispose of dishes and utensils over washing them up.
Polyethylene began being used in water bottles. This significantly reduced production costs, making them more affordable. This new ingredient also made the bottles more lightweight and easier to shape.
NOTE: Many large soft drink manufacturers switched to plastic bottles due to low production costs and transport costs. They also favoured plastic because there is less likelihood of breakage during production and transport. Excluding wine and beer, the food and beverage industry has almost completely replaced glass with plastic.
Thermos and Aladdin begin to manufacture water containers with popular movie and television stars on them, appealing more to the general public.
Single-use plastic is being used by more and more big brands. Advertising campaigns always focus on water being within arm’s reach.
Single-use plastic water bottles explode onto the market in New York after a number of prominent supermodels are seen carrying Evian water bottles down the catwalk. Marketing campaigns were focused on how water is good for the hair and skin, and that bottled water was safer than tap water. The campaigns focused on the need for water to be with you everywhere you went.
The year where sales of bottled water, in the United States, officially surpassed soft drinks The world began to take note (on a larger scale) of the effects this plastic bottle use was having on the planet. From clogging waterways to polluting the oceans and endangering wildlife.
With the rise in health consciousness and increased consumption of water, the single-use plastic water bottle is now seen as an ‘uncool’ fashion accessory. Now it’s all about the reusable options available. People are becoming increasingly aware of how the products they buy are made, and are consciously choosing more planet-friendly options (hooray!).
The reusable water bottle is the new fashion accessory and status symbol.
Any reusable bottle is better than a single-use bottle. But if you want to be extra-vigilant, make sure you’re choosing a responsibly-manufactured option for your new water bottle. A good first step is to read the values and sustainability statement of the company you’re buying from, before researching individual processes and materials. You should be able to get a good feel for whether something is “truly” sustainable this way.
It’s also worth remembering that tap water (in the UK) is safe to drink so mineral water is generally unnecessary here.
If you don’t like the taste of tap water, using a water filter in the home can reduce the taste-impairing substances that made you switch to bottled in the first place. Filters can also be recycled but make sure you check with your filter company for their recycling process.
There are a couple of options here. Recycling is one of them – most local councils have recycling facilities for plastic bottles. Another idea is ecobricks – you can find out what they are, how to make them and what they’re used for in our ecobricks article.
The short answer – yes!
A really common theme amongst people who want to make a difference is that they feel “small” or “insignificant”. How can one person making a switch actually help?
But, imagine if there are a million people out there thinking the same thing. If each of them made one small change in their life to live in a more green, eco-friendly way, imagine the collective impact!
Ailuna is 100% behind helping people make small changes to the way they live, to make a positive impact on the planet. If you’d like to join our growing community and get started with building your own green habits with impact, you can download the Ailuna app now by clicking the links below.