Skip to content »
ryft

Practical Boat Owner Practical Boat Owner Practical Boat Owner

  • Subscribe
  • Digital edition
Practical Boat Owner cover

Practical Boat Owner Practical Boat Owner Practical Boat Owner

    • Subscribe
      • Digital editions
    • Practical
      • DIY At Home
      • Project Boat
      • Expert Answers
      • Glossary
      • Tips
    • News
    • Boats
    • On the Water
      • Amazing Adventures
      • Watersports
      • Cruising
      • Seamanship
    • Gear
      • Gear Reviews
      • Gear News
    • Forum
    • Mini Globe Race
    • Books
    • About PBO
    • Marina Guide
    • Videos
    • Home
    • plastic

    plastic

    0shares
    0shares
    beach-clean-credit-natasha-ewins

    All aboard the biggest UK-wide beach litter pick

    • August 22, 2017

    The Great British Beach Clean seeks thousands of volunteers

    Credit: eXXpedition

    All-female crew embark on Round Britain sail to raise awareness of plastic pollution

    • August 8, 2017

    A round-Britain sailing expedition is setting sail from Plymouth today with an all-female crew on board, ready to sample UK waters for plastic pollution

    Plastic rubbish

    Environment Secretary pledges action on ocean plastics

    • July 24, 2017

    Environment Secretary Michael Gove has pledged action to reduce plastic waste choking our oceans as he set out his ambition for the UK to lead the world in environmental protection.

    The Ocean Cleanup’s Pacific Cleanup will start in 2018

    • June 16, 2017

    The Ocean Cleanup is to start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months.

    One of many hundreds of crabs that now make their homes out of plastic debris washed up on Henderson Island, this particular item is an Avon cosmetics jar. Credit Dr. Jennifer Lavers

    Huge volume of plastic discovered on remote Pacific Island

    • May 17, 2017

    Henderson Island, one of the world’s most remote islands in the South Pacific, has been found to be littered with an estimated 37.7million pieces of plastic.

    Read PBO magazine on screen

    Promo for PBO Digital

    Get every issue of PBO on Android, iPhone, iPad or desktop

    More DIY at home...

    A man repairing a hull plank on a clinker-built boat

    Clinker-built boat repair: step-by-step

    A cockpit cushion on a boat

    How to make cockpit cushions

    Read more...

    Top tips

    tip of the day th

    A heel-proof chart table

    Consider a strap

    • Looking for a mark at sea?

    • Lifting beckets on a dan buoy?

    • Measuring distances on a chart

    • Epoxy tip

    • Radar scanners – size matters

    More tips

    Latest issue

    Practical Boat Owner December 2025

    December 2025 issue – out on 23 October

    Find out more

    Videos

    How to service your outboard steering

    How to service your outboard steering

    How to strip and tidy your boat deck

    How to strip and tidy your boat deck

    A person servicing a two-stroke outboard engine

    How to service a two-stroke outboard motor

    Site sections

    • News
    • Video
    • Galleries
    • Practical
    • Podcast
    • Seamanship
    • YBW.com

    Ways to read

    • Digital editions
    • RSS Feeds

    Get in touch

    • Advertise With Us
    • Contact us
    • Meet the PBO team
    • About us
    • Write for us

    Search

    ryft
    Subscribe now

    Practical Boat Owner cover
    © Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. Terms & conditions | Privacy policy | Privacy Settings