.....old shrink wrap disposal?

fatlazyless · 03-09-2016, 11:43 AM

This has probably come up before ....... but it's a first time shrink wrap experience for me ........ so's will the Meredith transfer station take used shrink wrap that has been removed from a boat?

Slickcraft · 03-09-2016, 07:38 PM

Well I find this really hard to believe. FLL can't think of a use for used shrink wrap. Now if someone else was the OP, he would offered up several.

Phantom · 03-10-2016, 07:29 AM

New Tarp for the wood pile & retire his current 30 yr old tarp ?

Just messin with ya FLL ...... you laid a slow pitch over the plate with this post !
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depasseg · 03-10-2016, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

This has probably come up before ....... but it's a first time shrink wrap experience for me ........ so's will the Meredith transfer station take used shrink wrap that has been removed from a boat?

I don't know the specific answer for Meredith, but mine was taken with the normal recycling in my town (Londonderry).

mhtranger · 03-10-2016, 11:05 AM

I just took my wrap off on Tuesday and the transfer station in Moultonborough took it as household trash. Just didn't take the wood part as I will burn that this spring.

fatlazyless · 03-10-2016, 12:00 PM

Just checked with the big boss down at Meredith Transfer, and he said the plastic wrap goes into the trash, and the lumber supports go into the nearby construction debris dumpster ........ pretty easy-peasy!

It came with the new-used 1997 boat, don't you know it ...... going with shrink wrap is just so totally over-luxurious and expensive .....when some old 2x3's, a sailboat mast and a reusable tarp or two gets it done for sooooooo muuuuuuuuch lessssssss mooooooooney ..... and thank-you very much

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SIKSUKR · 03-10-2016, 01:23 PM

I thought you would return it and get your money back.

BroadHopper · 03-10-2016, 02:25 PM

Back when NHRBA was alive, the organization found a need to recycle the shrink wrap. Back then some transfer station will take it as trash and some will not take them! The committee found one marina actually burying the shrink wrap! The organization found one outfit in Mass. that will pay to recycle the shrink wrap. One spring they had a recycle program where everyone bring their shrank wraps to Channel Marine. They had volunteers collect the shrink wrap and hauled it to Mass. I understand they made a few thousand dollars.

Not sure now, if you can get money, but it will be a worthy cause for an organization like the Youth sailboat program or the Loon Sanctuary to make money and save the environment!

fatlazyless · 03-10-2016, 02:45 PM

Yes ....... u-know there is absolutely no reason ....... whatsoever.......that the State of New Hampshire's State Liquor Commission could not set up a program where recycled boat cover shrink wrap such as mine, and all those left-over, cardboard, empty liquor boxes, down at the state liquor stores could not be combined into a building block material that could be used to build homes for all the homeless nitwits who vote for Bernie Sanders!

Old Sarge · 03-21-2016, 02:11 PM

Believe it or not if you take the shrink wrap off carefully (cutting the cinch line carefully and then tying in an extra piece) you can reuse the same piece of shrink wrap for 4 or 5 seasons! I had an older boat (15 footer)for over ten years and only paid to have it shrink wrapped twice but got the benefit all ten years! Works great and save me a lot of money-try it.

persistence · 03-22-2016, 12:15 PM

my recycling takes it in Ma. a neat trick if you have a heat gun...you can shrink it to about soccer ball size

03-09-2016, 11:43 AM	#1
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,740 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,007 Times in 735 Posts	.....old shrink wrap disposal? This has probably come up before ....... but it's a first time shrink wrap experience for me ........ so's will the Meredith transfer station take used shrink wrap that has been removed from a boat? __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

03-10-2016, 07:29 AM	#3
Phantom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Berlin, Ma / Gilford Posts: 1,934 Thanks: 450 Thanked 605 Times in 341 Posts	New Tarp for the wood pile & retire his current 30 yr old tarp ? Just messin with ya FLL ...... you laid a slow pitch over the plate with this post ! . __________________ *A bad day on the Big Lake (although I've never had one) - Still beats a day at the office!!*

03-10-2016, 12:00 PM	#6
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,740 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,007 Times in 735 Posts	Just checked with the big boss down at Meredith Transfer, and he said the plastic wrap goes into the trash, and the lumber supports go into the nearby construction debris dumpster ........ pretty easy-peasy! It came with the new-used 1997 boat, don't you know it ...... going with shrink wrap is just so totally over-luxurious and expensive .....when some old 2x3's, a sailboat mast and a reusable tarp or two gets it done for sooooooo muuuuuuuuch lessssssss mooooooooney ..... and thank-you very much! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

03-10-2016, 01:23 PM	#7
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	I thought you would return it and get your money back. __________________ SIKSUKR

03-10-2016, 02:25 PM	#8
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,571 Thanks: 3,209 Thanked 1,101 Times in 793 Posts	Recycle shrink wrap Back when NHRBA was alive, the organization found a need to recycle the shrink wrap. Back then some transfer station will take it as trash and some will not take them! The committee found one marina actually burying the shrink wrap! The organization found one outfit in Mass. that will pay to recycle the shrink wrap. One spring they had a recycle program where everyone bring their shrank wraps to Channel Marine. They had volunteers collect the shrink wrap and hauled it to Mass. I understand they made a few thousand dollars. Not sure now, if you can get money, but it will be a worthy cause for an organization like the Youth sailboat program or the Loon Sanctuary to make money and save the environment! __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

03-09-2016, 07:38 PM	#2
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,297 Thanks: 1,222 Thanked 2,081 Times in 953 Posts	Well I find this really hard to believe. FLL can't think of a use for used shrink wrap. Now if someone else was the OP, he would offered up several.

03-10-2016, 11:05 AM	#5
mhtranger Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 130 Thanks: 321 Thanked 69 Times in 40 Posts	I just took my wrap off on Tuesday and the transfer station in Moultonborough took it as household trash. Just didn't take the wood part as I will burn that this spring.

03-10-2016, 02:45 PM	#9
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,740 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,007 Times in 735 Posts	Yes ....... u-know there is absolutely no reason ....... whatsoever.......that the State of New Hampshire's State Liquor Commission could not set up a program where recycled boat cover shrink wrap such as mine, and all those left-over, cardboard, empty liquor boxes, down at the state liquor stores could not be combined into a building block material that could be used to build homes for all the homeless nitwits who vote for Bernie Sanders! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

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03-21-2016, 02:11 PM	#10
Old Sarge Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Rochester, NH Posts: 150 Thanks: 106 Thanked 63 Times in 29 Posts	Re-use it! Believe it or not if you take the shrink wrap off carefully (cutting the cinch line carefully and then tying in an extra piece) you can reuse the same piece of shrink wrap for 4 or 5 seasons! I had an older boat (15 footer)for over ten years and only paid to have it shrink wrapped twice but got the benefit all ten years! Works great and save me a lot of money-try it. Last edited by Old Sarge; 03-22-2016 at 10:03 AM.

03-22-2016, 12:15 PM	#11
persistence Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 109 Thanks: 6 Thanked 21 Times in 18 Posts	my recycling takes it in Ma. a neat trick if you have a heat gun...you can shrink it to about soccer ball size