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 ...

Every winter, thousands of New England boats are sealed in single-use shrink wrap. Almost all of that plastic will end up in a landfill by the end of the year. Could reusable boat covers be a more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I’m embarrassed to admit my waterkeeper boat was just about the last one at the marina to get covered for winter. As Conservation ...

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Apr. 9—Good news: Boat owners looking for a place to responsibly dispose of the plastic shrink wrap used to winterize their vessels now have access to a new disposal site in Gloucester. Better news: ...

In a pilot project for the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association and Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp., 15 Ocean State marinas recycled 40,000 pounds of marine shrink wrap this year. Plastic ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Time to launch your boat. Which means you can’t wait to rip off that shrink wrap and plastic banding and drop your boat into the lake. But, wait! You can reuse your plastic boat ...