Who needs expensive life vests when you can make cheap lifesavers out of used plastic bottles?
The Kagawa Pref. Regional Japanese Coast Guard is experimenting with PET bottle lifesavers at three popular fishing breakwaters in an attempt to save both money and lives.
The plastic lifesavers cost only ¥200, while new lifesavers cost ¥5000 to ¥20,000 depending on the size.
Japan's Coast Guard first started using PET bottle flotation devices after junior high school students rescued a drowning person with a raft cobbled together from 16 plastic bottles.