‘PET Pirates’ Remove Seven Tons of Trash from Hungarian Lake in Plastic Picking Competition

nnIt looked to be a grand day out on Lake Tisza in southern Hungary, where another edition of the PET Cup was held to great success.nnThe competition, sponsored by local and large businesses alike, saw hearty ‘PET Pirates’ plundering the high seas of the country’s artificial lake in search of treasure: plastic waste.nnShort for polyethylene terephthalate, or the most commonly used plastic for bottles and containers, the PET Cup started in 2013 as a way to inspire residents to keep the lake clean, and has since been held at other waterways as well.nn

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nnThe pirate captains crewed makeshift barges in search of trash, which when seen in a flotilla seems reminiscent of the Mad Max and Road Warrior films, only on water rather than a highway.nnThis year’s edition saw over 20,000 pounds of trash pulled from the lake by the various teams, with the winner coming from the MBH Bank team.nnWATCH the story below from Euronews… nn[raw]

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