Marine Businesses
The UK recreational boating sector is growing steadily year by year; that means busier waterways and more pressure on coastal and inland habitats.
It is in everyone’s interest to protect the natural environment that supports our industry and ensure that the growth of the sector is sustainable, in other words making sure that meeting the needs of the present does not compromise the needs of future generations.
Register Your Environmental Facilities
Add your environmental facilities to our directory so that boat users know what services you are providing. Example facilities:
- Recycling and Hazardous Waste Disposal
- Flare Disposal Services
- Pump out Stations
- Filtered Boat Washdown Facilities
- Electric vehicle and vessel charging points
Resources
- Awareness Raising Toolkit
- Support our annual Campaign Weeks
- Sustainable Event Toolkit
- Environmental Self-Audits
- Educational Activities
- Instructor Teaching Aids
The Green Blue
Business Directory
Find products and services that will make your business more environmentally sustainable and help facilitate your customers in adopting good practice.
Facilities & Operations
Info & Guidance
- Guidance to help make your operations and facilities more environmentally sustainable.
- Environmental legal requirements for marine businesses.
NB: You will be diverted to the British Marine website where you might require a member login to access certain information.
Support our Campaign Weeks
Raise awareness to your customers of more sustainable boating choices they can make.
Campaigns include:
Seabed Habitat Protection, Boating Wildlife Aware, Invasive Species Prevention and Antifouling – Protect, Collect and Dispose.
Get Your Business Accredited
Find out how your business can get environmentally accredited so that customers know that you are taking action to help protect our inland and marine waters. Accreditations include:
- Clean Marina Accreditation
- Single Use Plastic Free Certification