Fibre glass is a hard-wearing plastic that transformed the production, durability and cost of small boats from the 1960s onwards. It is now clear, that many of these vessels are now reaching the end of their lives and present a pollution problem (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/06/nautical-not-nice-how-fibreglass-boats-have-become-a-global-pollution-problem). There is no standard way of disposing of them and many boats end up being passed from hand to hand (so, ownership becomes difficult to establish), before being left to rot and contaminate marine environments. Of course, the same is true of most surf boards and some other sources of entertainment in our seas.
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