Comments for In Japan, Recycled Bottles Save Drowning Victims at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:08:11 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2424#comment-22691 It's sand, and it's added to make the bottles weigh a bit more, so you can throw them further. But I don't speak a word of Japanese, so could be completely wrong. - Clinch Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:19:27 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2424#comment-22681 Actually, the photographs are self-explanatory enough that it's possible to (almost) understand the directions without reading the text. Cood design, actually. I would suggest that you could make a loop where the throw rope is supposed to be held. I wish I knew what substance they were pouring into the bottles, presumably to make them unsusceptible to leaks. - Ethan Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:05:53 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2424#comment-22678 This is a great idea on their part. The more uses we can find, the better. Just wait, one of these days someone is going to make a boat. - Cindex Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:54:52 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2424#comment-22671 that brings backs memory's i use to use milk jugs for floats in a huge rock cory me a my buddy's swam in in Eureka Mo. Im glad they worked cause if they would of failed i wouldnt be typing this. - frank Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:25:11 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2424#comment-22630 I love finding new uses for plastic bottles. This is quite brilliant. - Mimi Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:01:09 +0100