Yamaha Motor Australia teams up to clean up our waterways

The Rightwaters program, originally launched in the US but adapted for Australia, will team up Yamaha Marine Australia with Seabin, a company dedicated to developing technology that removes plastics and other marine debris from the world’s waterways.

Seabin has already trialled its technology in Sydney Harbour where its 16 filters in eight separate locations have removed more than 16.5 tonnes of marine debris – an average of 3kg each a day – over a 12-month period from the more than 3.0 billion litres of water filtered.

More than 441,000 pieces of plastic were captured in the system during the trial, with almost 71,000 different identified sources.

Yamaha Marine Australia will become a major sponsor, providing funds to support the installation of an extra 16 Seabin systems in Sydney and double the ability to capture plastics.

Jason Harris, Yamaha’s Australian marine division general manager, said the company was passionate about both boating and the long-term sustainability of waterways.

“We are fortunate to have some of the most pristine and diverse marine environments in the world, however, we realise we can never take this for granted,” Harris said.

“As our population continues to grow so too does the pressure that urbanisation has on our local marine ecosystems, through increased consumption, waste generation and usage of our waterways.

“Working within our Yamaha Rightwaters brand, our goal is to implement programs that contribute in a meaningful way to help protect and sustain our waterways, not only for the current generation but for future generations that follow,” he said.