Timisoara is an ancient city and considered the cultural centre of western Romania. It was built near the two rivers Timi and Bega. The area was marshy till it was drained and Bega was canalized.
Residents claim that the bridge crossing the Bega Canal in the city centre is the largest in the world built from plastic bottles. A commission of the Guinness World records has yet to decide on the issue.
This is not the first bridge in the world built from plastic but it is definitely the first made of only plastic bottles tied with wire, and also the first to be made by volunteers.
"We are trying to beat the world record in order to raise awareness about the enormous quantities of litter dumped every day in the rivers and in the oceans around the world," Radu Rusu from environment right-group EcoStuff said.
"Plastic bottles should not end up in the water, that's our message," he added.
In Peeblesshire, Scotland, a 30-metre long bridge made of engineered plastic was built in 2011 over the Tweed river at the Dawyck Estate river crossing. Rutgers University scientists processed waste plastic into a tough composite material that was used to make the sturdy bridge. It can take up to 44 tonnes weight and automobiles use it regularly.
In the US, there are several bridges made of plastic but they are very small. In the small town of York in Maine, a 26 by 15 feet plastic bridge was put in place in 2011. It is estimated that US citizens throw away about 35 billion plastic bottles per year.
The world produced about 288 million tons of plastic every year according to a 2012 estimate by Plastic Europe, an industry body.
An estimated 10 million tonnes of litter, mostly plastic waste, end up in the world's oceans and seas each year with fatal consequences for many sea species, according to the European Commission. This plastic gets degraded into tiny bits (called micro-plastic), making up what is known as the 'plastic soup' in the world's oceans.
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