Mainers are switching to biodegradable boat wrap. But is it too good to be true?

The manufacturer of BioWrap, a pale green, single-use shrink wrap, claims the material breaks down in less than 5 years.
Wicked Local

Boat shrink wrap is rarely recycled, so where does it all go and is there a better option?

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 ...
Cleveland.com

Program saves landfill space by recycling shrink-wrap that protects boats in winter

A state-launched program recycles the material into rigid plastic blocks used as spacers within highway guardrail systems. This conversion of trash into a traffic control doodad has kept nearly 1.1 ...
WPRI 12

Got wrap?: Newport company wants to recycle your boat’s shrink-wrap cover

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) ─ Dave McLaughlin, the executive director of Clean Ocean Access, is hoping to change the course of recycling in the boating industry. Shrink-wrap used to protect boats in the ...
Kennebec Journal

Shrink wrap may protect Maine boats, but it can harm the environment

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have ...
SFGate

Shrink wrap plastic now covers more than boats

Armed with mega heat guns, a small group gathered on a chilly morning taking aim not at the cold but at thick plastic sheeting draped over a small mountain of construction pipe. Guns blazing, they ...
Cleveland.com

You can recycle the shrink wrap from your boat: How to do it right

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 ...