Yamaha adopt recycled steel motorcycle packaging
Yamaha Motor have revealed that they will begin using low-carbon, recycled steel sheets as a raw material for the packaging frames used to ship motorcycles around the world, helping to reduce their carbon footprint.
This is the first time in Japan that steel sheets from electric furnaces have been used for packaging frames for motorcycles, according to Yamaha.
These steel sheets are recycled materials produced by melting scrap iron in an electric furnace and then rolling them into sheets. Compared to conventional materials made from iron ore and coke that are smelted in a blast furnace, these materials produce significantly less CO2 during their production.
Starting in October 2024, Yamaha Motor will begin to use these recycled steel sheets from Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. for its packaging frames for motorcycle shipments, with plans to gradually expand the scope of their use in stages going forward, thereby increasing the ratio of recycled materials used in its packaging frames.
The steel is made primarily from scrap iron acquired from demolished buildings, discarded home appliances, scraped automobiles, and the like, and its material characteristics, quality, and suitability for use in packaging frames has been trialled and proven through a collaborative effort between Tokyo Steel and Yamaha.
Yamaha, in line with its Yamaha Motor Group Environmental Plan 2050, is working toward being carbon neutral* throughout all of its supply chains, including the company’s business activities by 2050. *Emissions as a direct result of business activities (Scope 1 and 2) and emissions outside of these (Scope 3).
