Tens of thousands of UK boats are in good shape, but occasionally, people do abandon a boat.
Last fiscal year (2023/2024), Canal & River Trust removed 106 boats, mostly white fibreglass ones—built 40 to 50 years ago—which cost it £6,000 to £10,000 each to do.
The 36,000 steel narrowboats are seldom the problem: steel recycles. It's the white "yoghurt pot" boats: no facilities to dispose of fibreglass.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn41zg7p1ddo
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