An island the size of Hawaii and made entirely from plastic bottles could one day become the hottest postcode on earth, and is part of an incredible environmental vision for a future settlement.

CGI images show how a team of Dutch scientists plan to take 44 million kilograms of plastic waste currently bobbing around in the Pacific Ocean and transform it into Recycled Island, reported The Daily Telegraph.



Solar and wave energy will be used to sustain the island and its 500,000 inhabitants.



A spokesman for the ambitious project said: "The proposal has three main aims - cleaning our oceans from a gigantic amount of plastic waste, creating new land and constructing a sustainable habitat. Recycled Island seeks the possibilities to recycle the plastic waste on the spot and to recycle it into a floating entity."



The Pacific Ocean currently holds the largest amount of plastic waste in the world. Ocean currents keep the plastic in the sea in giant rubbish dumps, which are fatal to sea life.



Sea birds, such as the giant albatross, see the plastic as food, and fish, too, eat smaller pieces of it.



Designers plan to model the island on the waterways of Venice, Italy.



The team plans to recycle plastic on the spot - in the North Pacific Gyre - into hollow, floating blocks.



These will become the foundation blocks for the 10,000sq km floating island. Alongside the modern city, planners hope to create a large area reserved for agriculture.



The island will be designed as self-sufficient, providing food and work for the inhabitants.



The spokesman added: "Recycled Island should be seen as a unique opportunity to create a new floating habitat from scratch, yet at the same time the ocean is cleaned from a huge part of its plastic pollution".