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De Pere walk raises thousands for those battling cancer

DE PERE, Wis. (WFRV) - No family battles cancer alone, that's one of the messages organizers hope people take away from their event in De Pere.  Sunday was the third annual Jayma Van Straten Memorial Redbird Ribbon Walk at De Pere High School. Among the walkers was 8-year-old Eva Baker who was seein

Chronically ill teen told her pain 'wasn't real' by Wellington hospital

What happens to the plastic when it's removed from boats?

The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the shrink wrap is coming off. The boat shrink wrap, that is low-density polyethylene plastic prized for its flexibility and ability to keep vessels safe from the sleet, snow and rain of Maine winters.

Shrink wrap is coming off Maine boats — and then what?

Maine has more than 100,000 registered boats. At an average of 15 pounds of shrink wrap per boat (a 30-foot boat requires about 30 pounds), that’s more than 1.5 million pounds of plastic coming off boats around the state each spring, the vast majority bound for landfills or incinerators.

Shrink wrap is coming off Maine boats — and then what?

Right now, most of the shrink wrap Mainers use to protect boats is going in the trash.