When the Manta begins traveling along coastlines in 2024, the new sailboat will pull plastic trash from the water as it moves, capturing as much as three tons of plastic per hour. On board, the ...

With the amount of plastic swirling around in the ocean, wouldn't it be handy if the boats charged with cleaning it up could use the trash to fuel their own operations? A new study has crunched the ...

In recent years, coastal regions have been increasingly littered with waste washed up on the shores. This is a result of over-dependence on single-use items, especially those made of plastic, as well ...

The world's largest carpet tile manufacturer has joined forces with a plastic fishing company to design and create a unique boat made from more than 7,000 plastic bottles fished from the canals of ...

Pelican International Inc, a Laval, Québec-based plastic boat manufacturer, has obtained a minority investment from the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, a Canadian private equity and venture capital firm. No ...

The boat shrink wrap recovery pilot program is an initiative to help marina operations in Chicago and Lake County recover and recycle the plastic commonly used to winterize boats for storage.

Registered boat owners in the U.S. dispose of 92 million pounds of used shrink wrap each year, the majority of which ends up in landfills. Clean Ocean Access, a non-profit, launched a recycling ...