The Yamaha Rightwaters plastics recycling pilot program was able to recycle 10,000 pounds of polyethylene and polypropylene sheet plastics from used boats and boat covers during 2021. Yamaha Rightwaters announced the program in August 2021 and continues to work with the Georgia-based companies Nexus and Tommy Nobis Enterprises to develop a larger national program intended to reduce plastic waste in America’s waterways.
“Polyethylene and polypropylene constitute a substantial portion of the plastic in our oceans harming fish populations,” says Martin Peters, the government relations division manager for the Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit. “This pilot program proves these plastics can be broken down in a cost-effective manner that Yamaha Rightwaters can potentially replicate on a national level. It also demonstrates that
Yamaha builder and dealer partners are willing to become active participants in the program, further underscoring a marine industry commitment to conservation and sustainability.” Yamaha developed a reverse logistics program to return the protective covers from select boat builders, retail dealers and its three boat production facilities. The sheet plastic used in the pilot program comes from protective boat covers at Contender Boats, Regulator Marine, Xpress Boats, Yamaha Jet Boat Manufacturing (YJBM), Skeeter and G3 Boats.
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