In a groundbreaking move, Patna's National Inland Navigation Institute is set to launch courses on constructing ...

When the Manta begins traveling along coastlines in 2024, the new sailboat will pull plastic trash from the water as it moves, capturing as much as three tons of plastic per hour. On board, the ...

Ismael Essome, an engineer from Cameroon, is reusing plastic bottles to create fishing boats. The African country annually produces over 600,000 tons of plastic waste and more than 6 million tons of ...

The world's largest carpet tile manufacturer has joined forces with a plastic fishing company to design and create a unique boat made from more than 7,000 plastic bottles fished from the canals of ...

"I can’t bring myself to cover the waterkeeper boat in plastic shrink wrap," Melissa Paly writes, sharing her solution.

When it comes to boat construction, all sorts of materials can take part in the assembly. Bigger vessels need heavy-duty structures to last, but even materials like polyethylene can make an excellent ...

In recent years, coastal regions have been increasingly littered with waste washed up on the shores. This is a result of over-dependence on single-use items, especially those made of plastic, as well ...

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 recovery pilot program is an initiative to help marina operations in Chicago and Lake County recover and recycle the plastic commonly used to winterize boats for storage.