Here are the ‘fruits’ of a trash gathering trip which were all incorporated into ‘Boston Light’, among much, much more! The plastic boat shrink wrap spoke to me of the changing tides and shifting waters around Boston Light which I am fortunate to be able to see from my house.

Within a few miles of my house, thousands of boats are being prepped for the summer season and it leads me to wonder, as I haul a sheet of plastic winter boat swaddling as large as a twin duvet off the beach, where does this material end up? It is not recyclable- not that that is any guarantee that it will actually escape a landfill- and millions of yards of the material is used every winter. Is there a better way?