The idea is simple – the public fills Nellie up with their used plastic bottles and aluminium cans, illustrating just how many of these disposable items we use and the huge volume of waste we create.
Nellie is a simple and striking way to illustrate the number of single-use bottles we consume and brings home the message that we are filling our oceans and sea life with plastic.
She is a whopping 6 metres long and made entirely from scrap metal by Sailboat Trailers in Emsworth – wheel arches, old boat trailers, the frames from old warehouse trolleys and old chicken wire.