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

Not all plastics are created equal – and to prove it, a rakish banking heir and a team of young adventurers have built a huge ship out of plastic. Called Plastiki, the 60-foot catamaran's hull is made ...

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 ...

San Francisco recently saw the unveiling of the Plastiki, a boat constructed of 12,500 2-liter plastic bottles that will be embarking on a 7,500 mile journey to Sydney this spring. Built by Adventure ...

FAIRBANKS - If aluminum boats are like pickup trucks, the DragonFly mini jet boat is a sport utility vehicle. Black, made of plastic and weighing about the same as an aluminum boat, the DragonFly is ...

BUNDABERG, AUSTRALIA (Aug. 26, 3:45 p.m. ET) — An Australian manufacturer of high density polyethylene recreational boats has exclusive rights to a new PE resin that it says reduces the boats' weight ...

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SYDNEY — A sailboat largely constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles docked in Sydney Harbour on Monday, after four difficult months crossing the Pacific Ocean on a journey meant to raise ...