At an average of 15 pounds of shrink wrap per boat ... Standard bales are about 1,200 pounds of plastic, which might mean waiting for enough boats to be uncovered and material to arrive.

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 ...

Through the pilot program, LRS will bale and store boat wrap film at its material recovery facility in Northbrook, Illinois. Photo courtesy of Council of the Great Lakes Region. ... Through the pilot ...

The Regional Science Consortium loaded 2,500 lbs of boat shrink wrap into a waste management truck near Liberty Park. It’s equivalent to 206,000 plastic bags.

NEWARK, Del, Aug. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As per FMI, the global plastic shrink wrap market is projected to exhibit growth at a CAGR of 4.1% and reach a valuation of US$ 4.5 Bn by 2032. In ...

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 ...