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 ...

The boat shrink wrap, that is – low-density polyethylene plastic prized for its flexibility and ability to keep vessels safe from the sleet, snow and rain of Maine winters.

Though shrink wrap has been around for decades and used mostly to cover boats, Fast Wrap co-founder Mike Enos said use of the plastic protectant product is growing beyond marinas to disaster zones ...

Mike Stenberg, who owns Dr. Shrink, a Manistee-based shrink-wrap supplier, said wrapping began in 1980 with boats. Use of the material has evolved, he said, and he recently shipped wrap to Houston ...

But, wait! You can reuse your plastic boat shrink wrap next year. Or, if it’s shot, you can recycle it -- but only if you do it properly. That means removing the nylon straps and working with a ...

No one has tabulated how much boat shrink-wrap gets discarded each year. But most boats require at least 15 pounds of wrap, and Maine has more than 100,000 registered so it’s a large volume of ...

There are mobile shrink-wrap services that will travel to your boat — some cost as little as $10 per foot — but make sure their prices include materials and that they have insurance should they damage ...

It’s easy to recycle boat shrink-wrap, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The state is encouraging boaters to “think green” when removing the winter shrink-wrap ...

No one has tabulated how much boat shrink-wrap gets discarded each year. But most boats require at least 15 pounds of wrap, and Maine has more than 100,000 registered so it’s a large volume of ...