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Float-Rope Company In Flux

Posted by artigianati • March 25, 2010 • Printer-friendly

by Samuel J. Baldwin

Beautiful and sturdy Maine Float Rope mats made from recycled lobster rope. (Kim Fletcher photo)

Penny Johnston of Waldoboro has received accolades from around the country since she founded the Maine Float-Rope Company in March 2009.

Maine Float-Rope Co. makes doormats from the rope that lobstermen used to string between their traps. When the use of floating rope was banned, lobstermen were left with thousands of pounds of unusable rope.

Newspapers from the Orlando Sentinel in Orlando, Fla., to the Southbend Tribune in Medford, Ore., have applauded Johnston's company for its innovation and green design.

"Penny Johnston is one of our new heroes," gushed the online, green product catalogue UrbanSherp.com.

Read more at  - http://lincolncountynewsonline.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=48031&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=75

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  1. Urban Sherp
    March 26, 2010 • 10:24 am

    Thank you for shedding light on the subject. We have added a link to Samuel Baldwin's article in addition to links where to purchase similar mats that use reclaimed float ropes from the same supplier as Maine Float Ropes.

    http://www.urbansherp.com/maine-float-rope-companys-durable-eco-friendly-colorful-doormats

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