Plastiki boat-building apprentice Nick Hewlings, aka Fireboy, cuts a sheet of plastic for use on Plastiki. Photos: McNair Evans Before the cabin was mounted on the pontoons, it sat in the drydock.

One boat won't make much of a dent in the ocean plastic problem itself, but the Manta could illustrate new solutions.

A strange looking vessel took a leisurely sail on San Francisco Bay on Wednesday - a shakedown voyage for a plastic, fantastic adventure that should finally start next month. The boat is the 60 ...

Is creating a "circular economy" for recycling the plastic shrink wrap used to cover boats possible? How does it fit into the overall plastic picture?

Four men build a pedal boat out of plastic bottles and sail it down a European river, to draw attention to plastic pollution.

Shrink wrap may protect Maine boats, but it can harm the environment The low-density polyethylene plastic that comes off in the spring is a challenge for disposal.

Want to recycle the plastic shrink wrap that protected your boat all winter? Experts from Ohio Sea Grant and Cleveland Metroparks show you how.

Imagine collecting thousands of empty plastic bottles, lashing them together to make a boat and sailing the thing from California to Australia, a journey of 11,000 miles (17,700 km) through ...

Just last month we reported on University of Washington engineering students building bad-ass, award-winning Formula race cars. Now the latest creation from the Huskies is a 3D-printed boat made ...

HOQUIAM — A 21-year-old Hoquiam man who decided to go sledding in the city cemetery learned two lessons: an 8-foot plastic boat is not a good sled, but it works fine as a stretcher.

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 ...