| 18 August 2010

Images via Yanko Design We're not so sure this concept will make it to any final rounds for the X Prize Foundation's contest for best oil spill clean up ideas, but itisn't the worst idea. Designer Min A Namgung reasons that we should fight oil with oil -- specifically, linking up recycled PET plastic bottles to contain oil from the Gulf disaster. Using rubber caps molded to fit used plastic water bottles, a chain is formed to harness oil spreading across the surface of the sea.... Read the full story on TreeHugger