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do this on a national level, " he adds.
Yamaha does not pay for the plastic, but
it does cover the cost of the boxes the
plastic gets stored in, and for shipping.
" It costs the participants nothing
to do this, " explains O'Keefe. " In most
cases, they send us plastic in 1,000pound
bales. That's a thousand pounds
that isn't going to the dump, which
normally they would pay for. "
The materials ship to Tommy
Nobis Enterprises, an organization
that provides job opportunities
for people with disabilities, which
separates recyclable plastics from
other materials, such as plastic zippers,
cords and eyelets. From there, the
plastic is shipped to Nexus Circular,
an end-to-end plastics recycling
business headquartered in Atlanta,
Ga., for processing into raw materials,
which range from gases, liquids and
waxes. Those raw materials are used
for other products.
The results from the first year of
the program are promising, says
O'Keefe-more than 10,000 pounds
of polyethylene and polypropylene
sheet plastics recycled.
" And we've already topped that
in 2022, and we're trending toward
20,000-25,000 pounds, " he says.
" Now we'll have a leg up on any
kind of national legislation that comes
out, " says O'Keefe. " We know what
needs to be done, and we're learning
what works and what doesn't. And our
customers want to know we care about
what's going on. The reality is there is
eight million tons of plastic that ends
up in the ocean every year-we need
to be responsible for taking care of
some of that. "
Jeff Moravec is a freelance writer based
in Brooklyn Park, Minn.
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At Yamaha's unit in
Kennesaw, Ga., the company
recycles the plastic covers that
its products were shipped in.
At top right, bundled plastic
is ready to be shredded into
smaller pieces. At bottom,
shredded plastic is loaded onto
conveyor for processing. At top
left, after processing, plastic is
returned to its base elements.
Photos: Yamaha
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