Turtles made of plastic waste send a message

STORY: These turtles are made from more than 250,000 plastic bottles

L: Amchit, Lebanon

Bottles fill the interior, while the

caps decorate the exterior

The project is meant to raise awareness

about endangered sea turtles

(Caroline Chaptini Makhlouf, Environmental activist)

"We are shedding light on the turtle and why it is about to become extinct, why are we killing it and why it is dying. It is dying because of the pollution of plastic and trash bags that we are throwing in the sea. (Sea) turtles usually just eat jellyfish and what is around the fish that we eat? So the awareness I wanted is to shed light on why it is going extinct from the sea."

Thousands of students gathered

plastic waste to contribute to the project