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 ...

ANGOLA, Ind. (WANE) — Waste solutions company Brightmark is looking to partner with Northeast Indiana marinas after successful pilot program to recycle boat wrap. Brightmark has a renewal facility in ...

The Council of the Great Lakes Region and Alliance to End Plastic Waste have teamed with several organizations, including LRS, to launch a boat shrink wrap recycling pilot program for the Chicago area ...

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: ...

Minnesota lake cabin owner Jim Nicholson knows the drill. When loons in the Brainerd lakes area start flocking together for their fall migration, it's time to pull his boat ashore near Outing and ...

One day in 1993 Michael Enos was on the freeway near Reno when he saw a tractor-trailer rumble by full of boats, each neatly wrapped in shiny white plastic. "It was all nice and tight and pretty," he ...

Established under the Minnesota Boat Wrap Stewardship Law (Minn. Stat. § 115A.1416), the program requires boat wrap producers to take full responsibility for the collection, recycling, and and proper ...

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 ...