{"id":32004,"date":"2020-10-30T08:30:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T12:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=32004"},"modified":"2020-10-29T16:09:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T20:09:02","slug":"maryland-boaters-encouraged-to-think-before-you-shrink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/10\/30\/maryland-boaters-encouraged-to-think-before-you-shrink\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Boaters Encouraged to \u2018Think Before You Shrink\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50544569497_91b498ee79.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of powerboat in dry dock with a canvas cover\" width=\"352\" height=\"264\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> is encouraging owners of small boats to &#8220;Think Before You Shrink&#8221; this year, and convert to reusable materials for their winter covering. The goal is to reduce plastic waste and alleviate disposal issues caused by removing shrink wrap every spring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Semi-custom, reusable covers are readily available for most small boats at about the same cost as two years of shrink wrap. The reusable covers last five to ten years and can be repaired or cleaned to extend their life.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/boating\/Pages\/cleanmarina\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Clean Marina Program<\/a> has created a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/boating\/Documents\/ThinkBeforeYouShrink.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">free poster<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for marinas, boatyards, and yacht clubs to share this message with boaters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boaters can ask their marina or local marine retailer for help purchasing, cleaning, or repairing their covers. A list of marinas and canvas workers can be found on the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mtam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marine Trades Association of Maryland (MTAM) <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or in the Guide to Marine Services produced by MTAM each year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Clean Marina Program is also updating its award criteria to encourage marine facilities to promote reusable covers where practical and to properly recycle shrink wrap in the spring.\u00a0 Marinas, boatyard, and yacht clubs interested in seeking the Maryland Clean Marina designation are encouraged to visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Boating\/Pages\/cleanmarina\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">program website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and to contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:donna.morrow@maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">donna.morrow@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with any questions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is encouraging owners of small boats to &#8220;Think Before You Shrink&#8221; this year, and convert to reusable materials for their winter covering. The goal is to reduce plastic waste and alleviate disposal issues caused by removing shrink wrap every spring.\u00a0 Semi-custom, reusable covers are readily available for most small<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/10\/30\/maryland-boaters-encouraged-to-think-before-you-shrink\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3171],"tags":[4550,3653,5190],"class_list":["post-32004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","tag-clean-marina-award-checklist","tag-clean-marina-initiative","tag-marine-trades-association-of-maryland"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32009,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32004\/revisions\/32009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}