Yamaha Rightwaters program recycles 10,000 lbs of plastic
As everyone knows, and for good reason, the advancement in recycling technologies and activities is hot news currently; and here is yet another example of innovation going on that should be applauded.
I read that Yamaha’s US business unit has announced that its pilot Rightwaters plastics recycling program returned more than 10,000 pounds of polyethylene and polypropylene sheet plastics back to base materials last year. The company says the result validates the effectiveness of its flagship sustainability initiative, while providing encouragement that the program can be expanded further.
“Polyethylene and polypropylene constitute a substantial portion of the plastic in our oceans, harming fish populations,” said Yamaha US marine business unit government relations manager, Martin Peters.
“This pilot program proves these plastics can be broken down in a cost-effective manner, and that Yamaha Rightwaters can potentially replicate this on a national level”, he said.
Announcing Roy McFarlane as Britain’s new Canal Laureate 2022
I found this annoucement rather endearing for it struck me as a peculiarly British thing. I had no idea that we even had a Canal Laureate in this country, so my warm congratulations to Roy on his new appointment.
The Poetry Society and the Canal & River Trust have announed that Roy McFarlane is the next Canal Laureate.
Poet Roy grew up in Birmingham and the Black Country, surrounded by canals. He says: “I lived, played and loved by canals and rivers and am looking forward to recapturing those stories; tales of diverse communities in urban settings who lived with canals in their backyard.”
During his Laureateship, Roy is interested to explore how people feel about their local canals currently, and how our national and global history can be read in the story of the canal network’s development.
Established in 2013 by The Poetry Society and the Canal & River Trust, the Canal Laureateship aims to encourage exciting new writing about the Britain’s historic canal network.
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