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Lead Acid Battery Recycling
Boaters and their home marinas can totally prevent contamination problems caused by lead-acid batteries. Following Best Management Practices and recycling are key.
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Battery Maintenance
Summer heat and winter cold are your batteries worst enemies. A little maintenance will go a long way to insure you vehicle will start even in the worst of conditions.
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Introduction to Marine Batteries
Power and sail boaters both use lead-acid batteries on their vessels. Here is an introduction to their construction, use and safety.
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Marine Battery Maintenance
Most vessels use lead-acid storage batteries for starting engines and operation of onboard electrical equipment. Proper maintenance will lengthen their service life.
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Automatic Boat Battery Protection
The marine PriorityStart system monitors excessive battery voltage drain and disconnects the battery before it can go dead.
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How do Batteries Work?
A simple explanation of the way the batteries that we use in our laptop computers, mobile phones and mp3 players work.
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Aussie Battery Cuts CO2 Emission
A powerful, energy efficient battery developed in Australia for hybrid cars will cut greenhouse gas emissions when it goes on the market in the North America and Asia.
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Marine Batteries Onboard
Using load management strategies will prevent inadvertent discharge of your starting battery and a long wait to return home.
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How to Recycle Unusual Items
We all know how to crush cans and put them in the blue or green recycling box along with plastic and how to separate regular paper from newspaper. But then there are the odd other household items that we need to toss out. If you hate the thought of throwing things away when they could have life left in them, or worse, cause a health hazard, then this article will help you figure out what to do with those unusual but recyclable items. There are quite a few of them, so this article will run in 4 parts. The first part consist of mostly what to do with your batteries, but keep checking back for what to do with household items ranging from old washing machines and cars to formal gowns and smoke detectors.
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Clean Boating Resource Basics
Learn the basics of clean, safe and eco-friendly best boat practices in free PDF and book, from the Alaska Marine Advisory Program.
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Explosion Protection for Boats
Boaters can take several positive steps to protect their vessel from the risk of fire or explosion caused by gasoline vapors.
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The Chemistry of Sulfuric Acid
The manufacture and uses of a chemical which is produced in vast quantities the world over.
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Choosing a Clean Marina
The choice you make in selecting a marina for your boat makes a difference to the health of our marine environment
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International Coastal Cleanup Day
Join the Ocean Conservancy in their annual International Coastal Cleanup and do something positive to reduce marine debris.
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Marina Nonpoint Source Pollution
Identifying factors contributing to nonpoint source pollution means there are ways boaters and marinas can eliminate or reduce contaminants to the water
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Top Ten Clean Boating Tips
There are many things boaters can do to reduce the impact they have on the marine environment and become greener sailors.
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Ecologically Friendly Boat Travel
Recreational boating provides access to less traveled areas. Clean boating practices will ensure our favorite areas remain pristine and unspoiled for future trips.
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Nonpoint Source Pollution
Nonpoint source pollution from marinas and boating can negatively effect the environment if adequate management steps are not taken to control it.
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