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 ...

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 ...

In addition to using energy and chemicals in its process, the recycling of boat shrink wrap and other plastics involves yet more single-use plastic. The pay-as-you-throw bags are just one example.

As well, the shrink-wrap plastic is oil-based, so its price has gone up. By the end of this season, Carnahan said, he'll have used 20 6,000-square-feet rolls that are between 20 and 40 feet wide.

The wrap, made of a plastic called low-density polyethylene No. 4, comes in rolls of up to 4,000 square feet. You spread the film over the area to be wrapped and warm it with a propane-fired heat gun.

SOUTH PORTLAND — More than 1,000 pounds of vessel shrink wrap was recycled at Spring Point Marina this year in a pilot project that keeps the non-biodegradable material out of landfills ...

LDPE (No. 4) plastic can be recycled, typically into items such as composite lumber or plastic bags. Recycling shrink-wrap from boats, though, is complicated and labor-intensive; in Swanton’s ...

Waitrose has announced it is permanently ditching plastic wrapping on all its multi-buy grocery tins after a successful trial to remove the shrink wrap. Removing the plastic wrap, which is used to ...

Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) will replace plastic shrink wrap across its four, six and eight-packs of cans for all its brands sold in the UK, including Fanta, Sprite, Dr Pepper and Lilt. Over ...

Coca-Cola will stop using plastic shrink-wrap across all multipacks of cans sold in supermarkets. More than 30million packs across all Coke brands including Fanta, Sprite, Dr Pepper and Lilt, will ...